# What's the oldest song in the world?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 8, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-song-in-the-world/480442 "2009-01-08T23:37:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-song-in-the-world/480442/21 "2009-01-09T15:43:38Z")

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How far back can _Mi Chamocha_ from Exodus 15:11 be accurately traced? What about the melody?

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