# The oldest jingle you have in your memory **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531 "2018-09-18T13:22:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/81 "2018-09-19T02:53:36Z")
The US Marines song, from when I was 3 or 4 and thought they were singing about the “United States Maries” and wanted my mom to explain what they were. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/82 "2018-09-19T03:00:31Z")
Mid 50’s; how school kiddies learned to spell Connecticut. A jingle on the Ranger Andy show and others. It had a lilt to it as you called out the letters. C-O-N-N E-C-T I-C-U-T Fresh Milk Brought to you by the Connecticut Dairy Cartel Link to the show and Yes, I was part of the audience once. Most cub scout troops and 4-H clubs were on it. [ranger andy show - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=ranger+andy+show&rlz=1CAACAV_enUS774US774&oq=ranger+andy+show&aqs=chrome..69i57.4833j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/83 "2018-09-19T03:25:25Z")
Happy little vegemites [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yA98MujNeM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yA98MujNeM) Louie the fly [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqRY2-aCfAc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqRY2-aCfAc) Not sure they were the earliest, but certainly the most “ingrained”. They used these songs for years and years and years. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/84 "2018-09-19T03:44:18Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > The US Marines song, from when I was 3 or 4 and thought they were singing about the “United States Maries” and wanted my mom to explain what they were. That was akin to blasphemous in our house, we not only had to know the words and the tune, we also had to march around the living room for guests. Sad, but true. ETA I can salute properly too. Semper fi. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/85 "2018-09-19T05:17:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > That was akin to blasphemous in our house, we not only had to know the words and the tune, we also had to march around the living room for guests. > Sad, but true. > > ETA I can salute properly too. Semper fi. Aha, but how many verses did you know? :dubious: There are three. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/86 "2018-09-19T05:21:16Z")
From the land of sky-blue wa-a-ters wa-a-ters From the land of pines, lofty balsams, Comes the beer refreshing, Hamms, the beer refreshing, Hamms! How are you fixed for blades? Better look! Gillette Blue Blades, we mean! (sung by a bass, alternating C and the G below it, accompanied by tympani in unison with the bass) Mo-hawk four, four one hun-dred C.E.T. for tel-e-vis-ion ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/87 "2018-09-19T05:27:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Aha, but how many verses did you know? :dubious: > > There are three. Dude. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/88 "2018-09-19T05:48:18Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Dude. I was something of an oddball in third grade because I knew (and was called upon to sing) all three. I also knew all four verses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful.” **Fun Fact:** The lyrics and melodies of “The Marines’ Hymn,” “British Grenadiers,” and “Wabash Cannonball” are mutually interchangeable. Go ahead and try it. You can sing any set of the lyrics to any one of the three melodies! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/89 "2018-09-19T06:02:43Z")
DUN dun dun dun DUN dun dun dun From the land of sky blue waters … I loved this commercial as a small kid. Hamms Beer probably late 50’s? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/90 "2018-09-19T06:02:44Z")
_It comes from the water, the perfect brewing water, that’s the start, that’s the heart of the beer, so give a little whistle (TUH-WHEET!) call for **Grain Belt** , the perfect beer! Perfect beer, diamond clear, **Grain Belt** beer!_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/91 "2018-09-19T06:08:24Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > DUN dun dun dun DUN dun dun dun > From the land of sky blue waters … > > I loved this commercial as a small kid. Hamms Beer probably late 50’s? '50s and '60s. Then they went to _"I’ve had beer in Bermuda,_ I’ve had beer up in Nome, I’ve licked the foam off my nose in Rome, and in my galley at home. In Mandalay and Uruguay, and other distant lands, but a beer is a beer, is a beer, is a beer, until you’ve tasted **Hamm’s**"\* \*“Bermuda” I’m not too sure of, and I can’t find these lyrics on line. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/92 "2018-09-19T07:00:09Z")
Hamms sure did alot of advertising, it seems. I can’t say I have ever seen a Hamms beer. I know I’ve never heard the ads. I remember, ‘Budweiser, the king of beers’. And ‘Head for the mountains, the mountains of Busch’ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/93 "2018-09-19T07:08:48Z")
Not the oldest but still one of my favorites: _Hit it Al! Ooey gooey rich and chewy inside! Tender flaky golden cakey outside! Put the inside in the outside and it’s good (darn tootin’!) It’s the big Fig Newton (here comes the tricky part) It’s the big Fig Newton! (ok one more time) It’s the big Fig Newton!_ That’s from memory so apologies for any mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/94 "2018-09-19T08:04:11Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Hamms sure did alot of advertising, it seems. I can’t say I have ever seen a Hamms beer. I know I’ve never heard the ads. I remember, ‘Budweiser, the king of beers’. And ‘Head for the mountains, the mountains of Busch’ There are apparently several versions of “A Beer Is a Beer” that I don’t remember (at least one is on YouTube), but you can find them by Googling. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/95 "2018-09-19T08:47:40Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > There are apparently several versions of “A Beer Is a Beer” that I don’t remember (at least one is on YouTube), but you can find them by Googling. Speaking of beer ads, didnt Busch beer have an ad, or was it a trademark for most of their ads, in which the slow-motion popping open of a can of Busch was in-sync with a baritone voice-over saying “Buuuuuusssssccch!” In order to make an over the topic mimicing sound of the can of beer opening? Ring any bells? Bueller? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/96 "2018-09-19T09:42:42Z")
I’m a pear tree! I’m an apple tree! And we all live together very happily! In the rich, rich valley of [Ceres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres,_Western_Cape). 'cos Ceres trees are the fruitiest and Ceres fruits are the [juiciest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_Fruit_Juices)…tum te tum te tumm… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/97 "2018-09-19T12:26:28Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > N-E-S-T-L-E-S, > Nestle’s makes the very best > Choooooooc’late. > > as sung by Farfel the Dog. I do not remember seeing this commercial but I sure do remember mi abuela(!) singing, “N E S T L E S What comes out your A S S Chocolaaaatttteeeeeeee!” She also sang a bastardization of Cielito Lindo. My grandmother was a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/98 "2018-09-19T13:28:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > '50s and '60s. Then they went to > > _"I’ve had beer in Bermuda,_ > I’ve had beer up in Nome, > I’ve licked the foam off my nose in Rome, > and in my galley at home. > In Mandalay and Uruguay, > and other distant lands, > but a beer is a beer, is a beer, is a beer, > until you’ve tasted **Hamm’s**"\* > > \*“Bermuda” I’m not too sure of, and I can’t find these lyrics on line. ☹ I’ve had beer from a pitcher And from a German mug I’ve filled up a paper cup and poured it from a jug I’ve had beer here and had beer there, But that’s beer over the dam cuz a beer is… ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/99 "2018-09-19T13:33:37Z")
“Nestle’s makes the very best cho-colate.” “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.” These two are before my time. My parents used to sing them. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531/100 "2018-09-19T15:05:25Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I’ve had beer from a pitcher > And from a German mug > I’ve filled up a paper cup and poured it from a jug > I’ve had beer here and had beer there, > But that’s beer over the dam > cuz a beer is… Yet another version: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WyWm8USVRoU/hqdefault.jpg "Hamms Beer Commercial - A Beer is a Beer Song") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyWm8USVRoU) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oldest-jingle-you-have-in-your-memory/821531.md?page=6)