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"The More We Get Together", now regarded today as a popular English-language children's song, of American origin, [1] [2] was originally written by Irving King as the anthem of the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers, to be sung to an old Viennese tune, " O du lieber Augustin". Sheet music of the drinking song and a gramophone recording were issued during the 1920s. [3] Later it featured as a cowboy song in the Columbia Pictures movie series, this time as "The More We Get Together", in Challenge of the Range (1949) and in The Rough, Tough West (1952). [4]
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verification. (January 2023) |
"The More We Get Together", now regarded today as a popular English-language children's song, of American origin, [1] [2] was originally written by Irving King as the anthem of the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers, to be sung to an old Viennese tune, " O du lieber Augustin". Sheet music of the drinking song and a gramophone recording were issued during the 1920s. [3] Later it featured as a cowboy song in the Columbia Pictures movie series, this time as "The More We Get Together", in Challenge of the Range (1949) and in The Rough, Tough West (1952). [4]