Little Brown Jug

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"Little Brown Jug" is a popular 19th-century American drinking song that became widely known as a swing-era standard, notably associated with Glenn Miller's orchestra.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
arrangedBy Glenn Miller NERFINISHED
becameStandardIn swing era
composer Joseph Winner NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs 19th-century American drinking song
firstPublishedIn Philadelphia NERFINISHED
genre drinking song
popular music
swing
hasCulturalUse camp song
children’s song in bowdlerized versions
drinking song at social gatherings
hasEra 19th century
hasForm strophic song
hasMelodicStyle simple diatonic melody
hasMeter 3/4 time
hasNotableArrangement Glenn Miller swing arrangement
hasOpeningLyrics My wife and I live all alone
hasPopularity standard of the swing era
widely known in the United States
hasRefrain Ha, ha, ha, you and me, little brown jug, don't I love thee
hasSubject married couple who drink heavily
hasTheme alcohol consumption
drinking
humor
influenced big band swing repertoire
isIncludedIn Glenn Miller’s standard repertoire
isPartOf American popular song repertoire
lyricist Joseph Winner NERFINISHED
notablyAssociatedWith Glenn Miller NERFINISHED
Glenn Miller Orchestra NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
publicationDate 1869
recordedBy Glenn Miller Orchestra NERFINISHED
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
recordingDate 1939 Glenn Miller arrangement

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The Glenn Miller Story featuresSong Little Brown Jug
Glenn Miller notableRecording Little Brown Jug