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[–] buzz86us 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ugh how did this super old song become a thing.. I swear people are getting dumber. I hated it when they sang it at summer camp, and I still hate it now.

[–] candybrie 8 points 2 weeks ago

Because small children absolutely adore it.

[–] DillyDaily 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] buzz86us 8 points 2 weeks ago

This was an old camp song when I was a kid

[–] AugustWest 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was forced to sing it in school in the 90s. Along with the Jamba The Hutt/McDonalds song.

[–] DillyDaily 1 points 2 weeks ago

This comment thread now feels uniquely American.

I have never heard those songs, in the 90s at school and scout camps in Australia we would sing Ging Gang Goolie, Alice the Camel, and Ain't no Flies.

Also for some reason we would chant about how ugly and unlovable we are and resign ourselves to eating worms.... Children's songs are so unhinged.

[–] Agent641 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] I_Has_A_Hat 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh it's much, much older.