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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little Brown Jug canonical | 2 |
Statements (37)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.