# Singing our thanks to Levi Strauss

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-our-thanks-to-levi-strauss/362040>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 25, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-our-thanks-to-levi-strauss/362040 "2006-06-25T01:52:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-our-thanks-to-levi-strauss/362040/21 "2011-09-21T22:09:31Z")

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> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> I shall now blow the cob webs off myself and offer this [gem](http://www.ilike.com/artist/David+Dundas/track/I+Put+My+Blue+Jeans+On) (a truly '70sesque treat from som cat named David Dundas). How old and unfortunate am I that this tune from my youth is the first thing that came to mind when I read the OP?
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> “I put my blue jeans on. I put my OOOOLD blue jeans on…”

Wow, I thought I was the only one for whom that was the first thing to pop into my head! I hate this song (my mom had it on a 45 and she used to play it a lot when I was a kid), but…yeah. It’s about jeans. 😛

Fascinating useless fact, according to Wikipedia: David Dundas is \*Lord \*David Dundas, son of the 3rd Marquess of Zetland. The song was originally a jingle for a brand of jeans called “Brutus,” and the line was originally “I pull my Brutus jeans on.” The things you learn…

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