17 February 2011

#43

_____________________ is a traditional children's song of obscure origin.The mock German name celebrated in the song suggests that young English speaking children still find longer northern-European names to be inherently funny words.While the origins of the song are most definitely obscure, some evidence places its roots with vaudeville and theatre acts of the late 19th century and early 20th century popular in immigrant communities. Some vaudeville acts during the era, such as the work of Joe Weber and Lew Fields, often gave voice to shared frustrations of German-American immigrants and heavily leaned on malapropisms and difficulties with the English language as a vehicle for its humor.Which song is this?


2 comments:

Siddarth Pai said...

john jacob jingleheimer smith
his name is my name too
the recess pic was a huge hint

Siddarth Pai said...

John Jacob Jingleheimer smith
Came on recess