# The Llama Song

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-song/509472>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 9, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-song/509472 "2009-09-09T20:48:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![patdi1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@patdi1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/patdi1)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-song/509472/1 "2009-09-09T20:48:57Z")

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“The Llama Song”, a somewhat amusing nonsense song (when sung by son for hours on end becomes less amusing) has intrigued me in fact the words no sense (which I am guessing is the intent) and who created this song (which I guessing either created song to allow children to drive parents bonkers or lives by the creed “better living though chemicals”). When I asked my precious tot where he learned the song, he mentioned “I heard it on the internet”. Looking on the net, I have found countless flash versions of the song (seeing the pictures with the tune does surprise and confuse one for the first time) , but no real hard facts on the who and why of the song.

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-song/509472/2 "2009-09-09T20:52:39Z")

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Google “I Like Egg”. That’s my favorite video, and it even makes sense!

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-song/509472/3 "2009-09-09T20:52:51Z")

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I only googled it myself, but found this:  
[http://en.allexperts.com/e/t/th/the\_llama\_song.htm](http://en.allexperts.com/e/t/th/the_llama_song.htm)

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> “The Llama Song” is a short, comical song, composed by Burton Earny (real name Paul Mortimer). The Lair of Burton Earny. URL accessed on 28 January 2006.) and set to a flash animation.Its contents were spread rapidly in 2006, when it became an Internet phenomenon, and it has inspired many other (similar) works.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-song/509472/4 "2009-09-09T21:23:19Z")

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Huh. I thought you meant this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbwkkXGmFrI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbwkkXGmFrI)

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-song/509472/5 "2009-09-10T06:56:01Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Huh. I thought you meant this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbwkkXGmFrI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbwkkXGmFrI)

Are there other llama songs? 😕

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-llama-song/509472/6 "2009-09-10T14:16:25Z")

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Dear Og.

My brothers went through a “sing The Llama Song at every opportunity” phase, and they near drove me nuts by the time they lost interest. You obviously have not heard it enough times from your son to understand the true agony of a family member caught in Llama Land.