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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Little Brown Jug canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
arrangedBy Glenn Miller
becameStandardIn swing era
composer Joseph Winner
countryOfOrigin United States
describedAs 19th-century American drinking song
firstPublishedIn Philadelphia
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
notablyAssociatedWith Glenn Miller
Glenn Miller Orchestra
originalLanguage English
publicationDate 1869
recordedBy Glenn Miller Orchestra
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
recordingDate 1939 Glenn Miller arrangement

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