# That annoying Ice Cream jingle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-annoying-ice-cream-jingle/103124>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 11, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-annoying-ice-cream-jingle/103124 "2002-04-11T23:15:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-annoying-ice-cream-jingle/103124/21 "2002-04-14T22:59:39Z")

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mobo85 - I don’t know what sounds more annoying, that or the result I got when I picked out the notes myself. I know what he’s after - I don’t know what it is either. Here’s a list of possibilities to think about:

[http://www.magic-box.net/pg7.html](http://www.magic-box.net/pg7.html)

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**Author:** ![ImInvisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8c91f0/32.png) [@ImInvisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ImInvisible)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-annoying-ice-cream-jingle/103124/22 "2002-04-14T23:05:05Z")

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Mobo85 got it, except that the G notes should all be one octave lower.

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**Author:** ![Tsubaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@Tsubaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tsubaki)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-annoying-ice-cream-jingle/103124/23 "2002-04-14T23:50:22Z")

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In Western Australia, Mr Whippy plays “Greensleeves”.

And no, I’m not making that up.

In Japan they don’t have ice-cream trucks (cretins!)

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**Author:** ![phreeform](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@phreeform](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreeform)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-annoying-ice-cream-jingle/103124/24 "2002-04-15T03:14:39Z")

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OK now.

I’ve found an MP3 of the melody I’m talking about. Unfortunately, it had no identification other than “Mr. Softee jingle”

I’d really appreciate if anyone could take a listen and identify the song.

[http://homepages.nyu.edu/~dhg204/softee.mp3](http://homepages.nyu.edu/~dhg204/softee.mp3) [391 Kb]

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**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-annoying-ice-cream-jingle/103124/25 "2002-04-15T04:34:17Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \*  
> \*\*[obscure movie reference]
> 
> “Hello, folks!”
> 
> [/obscure movie reference] \*\*

Comfort and Joy?

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