John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

DESCRIPTION: "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt His name is my name too. Wherever we go out, The people always shout, John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. Da da da da da da da."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: nonballad campsong
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REFERENCES (7 citations):
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 240, "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" (1 text)
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 199, "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" (1 text)
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, post 149, "(John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt)" (1 short text, from user Crypto-Willobie, posted October 27, 2021)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 130, 152, 175, 285, 289, 414, 415, 424, "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt"/'John Jacob Guggenheimer Smith" (notes only)
Harbin-Parodology, #40, pp. 16-17, "John Jacob Guggenheimer Smith" (1 text)
BoyScoutSongbook1997, p. 37, "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, JJJSCHM*
ST FSWB240B (Full)
RECORDINGS:
Pete Seeger, "John Jacob Jinglehaimer Schmitt" (on PeteSeeger11)
NOTES [74 words]: The Wikipedia page for this song ("John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt") suggests that there is "some evidence" that this song arose in the vaudeville era, perhaps in ethnic comedy. It offers no evidence for this, however -- not even a footnote. I wouldn't call it evidence; I'd call it a hypothesis. More definite is the fact that it was being sung by various scout troops by the 1930s. These probably were the main reason it became widespread. - RBW
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File: FSWB240B

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