In My Merry Oldsmobile - Billy Murray c.1906

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15 жыл бұрын

This is a fun little song recorded in 1909. An Oldsmobile must have been quite the toy when this was recorded. From an old single sided VICTOR RECORD COMPANY 78 rpm record. Enjoy!

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@scionofgrace 9 жыл бұрын

I love that people are preserving this stuff, taking recordings that might have vanished into history and making them available for everyone. Thanks for posting!

@thmsnhighwaters1652 3 жыл бұрын

for real, god bless the internet

@MrWolfSnack 3 жыл бұрын

I found a 60 lb. box of shellac records at a garage sale, bought the entire box for $5. Tons of old songs in it, I haven't added them to the website "78 RPM on 45worlds" yet but I will eventually.

@digidoridvideos3672 8 ай бұрын

Indeed. I'm glad internet exists.

@sheikahslate0243 7 ай бұрын

I am a fan of collecting really old records including these old shellac 78s

@digidoridvideos3672 7 ай бұрын

@@sheikahslate0243 Me too.

@magnolia7277 3 жыл бұрын

I loved singing this song with my mum when she had Alzheimers, I used to play it on our windup gramaphone when I was young!

@Jurassic0Al 14 жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly. Oldsmobile always set the pace throughout their history, and they were of course first in that field, too.

@thegoddessdiana9185 3 жыл бұрын

This song was featured in a 1938 Bette Davis movie entitled, "The Sisters". It was being played by a brass band in a dance hall. In this scene, people had gathered at the hall to dance and celebrate as the results of the 1904 elections came through as most of them were for Teddy Roosevelt. I also remember it from 1930's vintage Looneytoons whenever a scene involved an automobile.

@paperplatemafia699 Жыл бұрын

I learned this song in fourth grade music class, circa 1980. This one really brought me back ❤️

@2legit2quit70 6 жыл бұрын

my grandma use to sing this to us when we were kids in my grandpas Oldsmobile. Thanks to the internet I can finally listen to the songs my grandma use to sing us :)

@Ken-lp9qt 2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@cookieceo3938 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. One of my favorites. My Dad had a 1941Oldsmobile for over 10 yrs. It is still my favorite car of all time. My cousins name is Lucille sooo we sang this to her a lot. I am 76, yeah born the same year as the GREAT car.

@Raeness28 6 жыл бұрын

Truly timeless. I love his voice

@warriorstar2517 7 жыл бұрын

This is a song I remember from a songbook my great grandmother had. She passed almost two years ago now, and I still reminisce about the vintage sheet music she had. Only memories remain in the end, but sometimes that's all you need.

@DieselDucy 10 жыл бұрын

This still kicks ass to this day. The first car i EVER rode in was an oldsmoble.

@scionofgrace 9 жыл бұрын

:-) My first car was an Olds. It had a V6 engine and it was awesome.

@warriorstar2517 6 жыл бұрын

Same here. It was a 1997 Silhouette.

@bradywells8220 5 жыл бұрын

I was brought home from the hospital in an Oldsmobile after being born.

@billylambert746 5 жыл бұрын

Oh i am so glad to here that the first car you rode in was a olds mobile my great great great great grandfather made it 😊also if you dont belive me my name is jenna nicole olds

@Veezyjung 4 жыл бұрын

@@bradywells8220 You and me both, dude!

@kamilla1960 12 жыл бұрын

"You can go as far as you like, with me..." very sweet and naughty lyrics.

@Huggy1959 5 жыл бұрын

Billy Murray was one of the most prolific singers ever, having recorded over 9,000 records in his career of about 30 years. THIS is what I call "oldies"! I believe this is actually an 80 RPM record, being played at 78 rpm. A very minor detail, speeds weren't completely standardized, so many companies simply used half the speed of a cylinder record which was 160 rpm. It wasn't until the 20s that 78 rpm became the standard (except for the Edison Diamond Discs which were always 80 rpm)

@johnharding4925 8 жыл бұрын

Young Johnny Steel has an oldsmobile and he loves a dear little girl. She is the queen of his gas machine she has his heart in a whirl. Now when they go for a spin you know she tries to learn his auto, so he lets her steer while he gets her ear and whispers soft and low. Come away with me lucille, in my merry oldsmobile, down the road of life we'll fly automobubbling you and I, to the church we'll swiftly steal, then our wedding bells will peal, you can go as far as you like with me in my merry oldsmobile. They love to spark in the dark old park as they go flying along, she says she knows why his motor goes, his sparkers awfully strong. Each day they spoon to the engines tune, their honeymoon will happen soon, he'll win lucille with his oldsmobile, and then he'll fondly croon.

@carlosmoreno9094 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing the lyrics , I own an Oldsmobile

@Veezyjung 4 жыл бұрын

Having been an Oldsmobile fan for my entire life, this song just tickles my heart some. It's so charming and wholesome.

@Prestelle Жыл бұрын

I just remembered this from a songbook we used to sing in like 5th grade. So beautiful 🥰

@Temptedization 6 жыл бұрын

I remember my Uncle's Oldsmobile Super 98 that had an (S) on the column and when you sat in that drivers which was the best most comfortable living room couch you ever sat on, looking across that Engine hood which was as long as a football field, put that gear into (S) super hit the gas pedal, and your head would jerk back and take off with that super V-10 engine, power unlimited. Then my Uncle would buy a Coke A Cola for me which had real Coke in it, WOW as a kid I didn't know what was in it, but all I remember is that I liked it, that was 75 years ago.

@OlaftheGreat 3 жыл бұрын

You certainly don't look that old

@jeffsanders1609 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Oldsmobile inc 1897-2004

@robfriedrich2822 5 жыл бұрын

110 years old and good playable and audible

@trainsntile 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, someone took EXCELLENT care of that copy :-)

@PotrzebieConolly 9 жыл бұрын

As vinysingleman said, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories shows Victor 4467 as being a hit in October 1905; in fact lists it as the #1 record for 7 weeks. There were no true popularity or sales charts in those days. More interesting is that it also tells us why Oldsmobile was used, beside being convenient for rhyming. The song was "inspired by the first transcontinental auto race, won by an Oldsmobile". The race started from New York City May 8, 1905. It took the winning car 44 days. The second car (arriving 8 days later) was also an Oldsmobile.

@gothicspoon 6 жыл бұрын

Best quality I could find on KZfaq, thanks for the upload! It's crazy to think it's already a little over a century old..

@trainsntile 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, someone took EXCELLENT care of that copy!

@thedriver4038 4 ай бұрын

118 years old. Thank you for preserving these ancient recordings.

@kiwidaughter 4 жыл бұрын

I have this record and I play it on my 1923 console Victrola (the last year of the non-electric Victrola.) It makes me absurdly happy to use my Victrola console, and to enlarge my antique record collection whenever I can.

@vinylsingleman 13 жыл бұрын

Actually, this was a hit in 1905! The record label (4467) matches with the one given for the 1905 version. Thanks for posting.

@peterpimpzzyou 3 жыл бұрын

2021 and this still 🔥🔥

@Goomba_N64 2 жыл бұрын

Right

@thomasservo9231 9 жыл бұрын

Lord mr. Ford, what have you done

@buuger 9 жыл бұрын

Thomas Servoski Jerry Reed is the best

@briankelleher6943 6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Servo in my Smokin Chokin automobile!

@jontheroadagain 3 жыл бұрын

The "Come away with me Lucille" is referenced in the Jerry Reed song "Lord, Mr. Ford." The way that part sticks out from the rest of his song made me wonder if it was a call back to something - and here I am. Pretty fun. Thanks for uploading.

@cleorivas1547 2 жыл бұрын

That ending stuck out like sore thumb, and here I is too.

@John_Snowbird 12 жыл бұрын

It wasn't written as an advertisement, but Olds did embrace it as a theme song for a while. This was to the 1900's as "Little Deuce Coupe" would've been to the 60's.

@InVinoVeritas540 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe I found this song. when I was a little kid, in California. my family lived on our family ranch. that had been around for 100 years or so. there was tons of stuff from around the turn of the century. we found a record and it had this song on it. been in my head all this time. we even had to look up the word automobubbling in an old dictionary. it means to just cruise around in your "automobile " I believe

@opradan43 12 жыл бұрын

Merry Oldsmobile" DID get recorded again in 1909-10. As with many Victor records, when technology improved, and surfaces got a lot quieter, many perennially popular tunes were recorded again, usually under the same cat #, taking advantage of the improved surfaces. Especially prevalent in the case of operatics; the second take usually had an underline under the cat #. This is the original version. The later "1909" rendition does not have the cute auto horn.

@mauriciowendello7411 2 жыл бұрын

Lansing native.. first time hearing this! Legendary

@matt8787fat 9 жыл бұрын

The best car brand ever made in the history of the automobile they will never make a better car again!

@cherylmontoya2697 6 жыл бұрын

The person at GM who signed off on the decision to ditch the Oldsmobile division was required to do penance by taking a job painting the railings that wind up Poenari Bluff to Dracula's castle, the real actual place, in Romania. -- Cheryl B. Montoya, San Antonio TX

@gunnarthefeisty 4 жыл бұрын

honestly, I do prefer the Locomobile racer.

@jamespfitz 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know, my Oakland was a fine machine indeed

@ohmeowzer1 7 жыл бұрын

Love this song

@lemko1968 8 жыл бұрын

I had a yellow 1979 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency and my Dad had a sleek green 1955 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Starfire convertible.

@paulakpacente 8 жыл бұрын

Wish I'd lived then.

@Fed-tt6cp 8 жыл бұрын

+Paula Pacente no you don't. the spanish influenza would have wiped out your family and you would have died in a trench somewhere by the river Somme.

@paulakpacente 8 жыл бұрын

+Fed5514 Well my grandparents survived and I know I don't belong in the 21st century...

@paulakpacente 7 жыл бұрын

My uncle restored 2 Model T's---a 1916 and a 1926. It was fun to ride in those cars!

@paulakpacente 7 жыл бұрын

Well, my uncle was a psychiatrist when taxes were low in the 1950s and 60s. My husband bought a 1964 Chrysler Imperial in 1993. We never had the money to restore it. We both cried when he HAD to sell it last summer. It was part of his youth that he could NEVER recapture no matter how hard we worked. C'est la vie... (That is life). At least he was able to drive a turbo-charged Chrysler when he was 17. His father had owned Chryslers for so many years that they wanted to give him the car just to test it. My father-in-law said "It has no power". My husband realized that because it was essentially a jet engine it didn't have any power "off the line". He got in the driver's seat and braked-torqued it. His father was in the passenger seat, and the car salesman was in the back seat. Al (my husband) had it going SO fast, that the car literally went airborne when they hit the RR tracks on the north side of Chicago. My father-in-law was tall, and his head hit the roof. He said to Al, "What the hell were you doing?". Al replied, "You said it had no power. I was just trying to tell you that it did". LOL

@paulakpacente 7 жыл бұрын

Yes. Memories are priceless...

@DanDDirges 11 жыл бұрын

Great song! I wished they still Oldsmobles. I used to own one. I made merry in the back seat once. She only charged me $20.

@williambug8117 4 жыл бұрын

I own a 1997 Oldsmobile Aurora.

@sevencorsa 8 жыл бұрын

Back in the good ole days.

@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong 6 жыл бұрын

For some

@fredmertz8538 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Just. Thank you.

@jsat5609 Жыл бұрын

Oldsmobile used an instrumental version of the chorus of this song in its television commercials for years in the late 1950s and 1960s.

@cherylmontoya2697 6 жыл бұрын

The first car I ever flew, I mean drove, was a brand new 1958 Oldsmobile that belonged to my parents; I currently have a 1999 Oldsmobile Intrigue, bought on Leap Year night in 2000. Let's keep the Oldsmobile legacy alive! -- Cheryl B. Montoya, San Antonio TX

@Goomba_N64 7 жыл бұрын

Dammit now I sing this song when I'm driving now lol

@bmoboss 4 ай бұрын

We getting out of Lansing with this one 🔥 🔥

@tylerdelcourt2651 8 жыл бұрын

Cruisin down the street in my o nine, jockin the broads, slappin the dames.

@crudecube 7 жыл бұрын

Lol

@ELmeinz 5 жыл бұрын

beautiful

@Underappreciatedclassics 5 жыл бұрын

I love my merry 1971 Oldsmobile cutlass S

@trainsntile 5 жыл бұрын

@Joseph Linz My one buddy has a '71 Hurst Olds that he bought from a 'well endowed' girl in 1973. She liked to go braless & said the stiff suspension of the car hurt her boobs. She bought a slightly used '71 Cutlass & sold my buddy the Hurst. He STILL has it. He also picked up a '71 442 ragtop with the 455 in 'sad' shape in the late '80s. He rebuilt it & added the gold decals to match the Hurst. What a sight to see the 2 of them side by side!! (Only downfall is that they are not stick shift). My buddy told me the 442 was worth more than the 'top of the line' Hurst. Go figure :-)

@Underappreciatedclassics 5 жыл бұрын

trainsntile that’s amazing, My Sweet 71’ is a 350 small block with a three speed automatic, i have plenty of videos of her on my channel if you wanna see her! Happy motoring!

@williampalenik7306 3 жыл бұрын

A good sounding song there to listen to when driving.

@exchaoordo 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting!

@birdman5939 2 жыл бұрын

Automobubbling ! Yeah !!

@noviranger239 7 ай бұрын

Rest in peace, Oldsmobile. Taken too soon.

@sophyafigueiredo672 2 жыл бұрын

Just heard this in Thankskilling. Really Nice song

@biltrails 7 жыл бұрын

love this !!!

@sirrom5155 Жыл бұрын

i remember listening to this on my phonograph like it was just yesterday

@WillyTheComposerOfficial 7 жыл бұрын

You can go as far as you like with me in my merry Oldsmobile. If you know what I mean..

@robertchesnosky3508 9 ай бұрын

I HAVE A GREAT REPECT FOR THAT GREAT SINGER BILLY MURRAY..REMINDS ME OF CAGNEY.

@cyclos12 6 жыл бұрын

Four-cylinder Oldsmobile touring car (Model L for a 2 seat, or Model S for a 4 seat) 1906. Murray had good taste, great sponsorship or both

@Wolfganger Жыл бұрын

Straight 🔥

@fromthesidelines 8 жыл бұрын

Recorded on August 8, 1905.

@fromthesidelines 14 жыл бұрын

Recorded on February 1, 1909. The Oldsmobile division of General Motors, however, was disbanded years ago.

@trainsntile 5 жыл бұрын

Sad to see the GM's 'experimental' car go. They tried everything on the Olds first, before putting them in the Cadillac. (Can't tarnish the flagship of GM, now can they?)

@williambug8117 4 жыл бұрын

I own a merry Oldsmobile.

@TheReigningRaven 3 ай бұрын

Remember when BonziBuddy sang this in the early 2000s?

@1joshjosh1 2 жыл бұрын

This kicks ass

@vigilante11485 14 жыл бұрын

I love this song, mostly for its use in the Warner Bros. cartoons!

@blukmage19typeR Жыл бұрын

This song later appeared in a Fleischer cartoon sing-along featuring the old-fashioned Oldsmobile.

@markostermayer3614 6 жыл бұрын

This is from 1906. There was a version recorded in 1909 but this isn't it. Very cool!

@thedinobros1218 9 ай бұрын

The fact that there are people creeped out by this 👽

@vinylsingleman 12 жыл бұрын

Actually, this was a hit in the fall of 1905. Source: Joel Whitburn's "Pop Memories". Thanks for posting, the record's in good shape too.

@danielarick5872 7 жыл бұрын

According to what I have read 1905 was the last year for the "Grand Prize",label on Victor records,Columbia took the Grand Prize label in1906 due in part to court precedings involving both parties.

@legogeneralgrievous1173 2 жыл бұрын

The first advertisement for a car

@TrickShotKoopa 5 жыл бұрын

Young Johnny Steele has an Oldsmobile, he loves a dear little girl. She is the is the queen of his gas machine, she has his heart in a whirl. Now, when they go for a spin, she tries to learn the auto so he lets her steer while he gets her ear and whispers soft and low, "Come away with me Lucile in my merry Oldsmobile, Down the road of life we'll fly, auto-mo-bubbling you and i. To the church we'll switly steal, Then our wedding bells will peel. You can go as far as you like with me in my merry Oldsmobile." They love to spark in the dark old park as they go flying along. She says she knows why the motor goes, the sparker's awefully strong. Each day the spoon to the engine's tune, their honeymoon will happen soon. He'll win Lucile with his Oldsmobile and then they'll fondly croon. "Come away with me Lucile in my merry Oldsmobile, Down the road of life we'll fly, auto-mo-bubbling you and i. To the church we'll switly steal, Then our wedding bells will peel. You can go as far as you like with me in my merry Oldsmobile."

@Tinotin12 8 жыл бұрын

BONZI BUDDY

@Lunalovegoodclubpeng 8 жыл бұрын

THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING AHA

@crudecube 7 жыл бұрын

Bonzi Buddy Says it like spoderman

@DannyJustiniano 6 жыл бұрын

Why I'm here! Never heard this anywhere else.

@Malkmusianful 5 жыл бұрын

Expanddong

@andrewwanner6829 11 жыл бұрын

Oldsmobile had a wonderful run - but how sad it was that 95 years later, in 2004, Oldsmobile met its end.

@AriaPosting 8 жыл бұрын

I wondered why it was spinning so fast and then I remembered that records that old were 78 rpm.

@clarky23 8 жыл бұрын

why won't the black thing fit in the CD tray Grandma??? LOL

@theBaron0530 7 жыл бұрын

It's a cup-holder, that's why

@ChristianMLee 7 жыл бұрын

holy crap lol it's the lyric version of the opening titles theme from the movie "Cheaper By The Dozen" (1950)

@allanegleston4931 2 жыл бұрын

dr demento sent me here. history.

@joea.9969 6 жыл бұрын

Now people make fun of my Oldsmobile

@cherylmontoya2697 6 жыл бұрын

I get lots of compliments on mine (1999 Intrigue); some people have asked me if I wanted to sell it -- No way, Jose. -- Cheryl B. Montoya, San Antonio TX

@davidmiscavige4326 10 жыл бұрын

"Automobubbling?"

@stevewantsabannana 10 жыл бұрын

cars were steam powered so boiling water bubbling

@DennisMilesEVprofessor 10 жыл бұрын

steve lafogg The Oldsmobile was NOT steam powered. Automobubbling was the bouncing ride (they didn't have shock absorbers) on the rough and sometimes muddy roads.

@stevewantsabannana 10 жыл бұрын

Or that old people are weird

@DennisMilesEVprofessor 10 жыл бұрын

Remember, there wouldn't be any young people if old people didn't make mistakes when they were younger. LOL.

@briankelleher6943 6 жыл бұрын

David Miscavige it means having sex in a car

@eclecticdufus 12 жыл бұрын

@digitalmetadata1 yes, just looked it up. And the 1909 take 6 couldn't appear on a GP label. The 1905 take 1 is also probably pretty rare.

@maralimperi7117 7 жыл бұрын

legendaarinen automerkki..

@brianhunt8273 Жыл бұрын

It’s no The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (another Billy Murray song)

@cleorivas1547 2 жыл бұрын

Got here via Jerry Reed’s “Lord Mr. Ford”…🤷🏻‍♂️

@RockinEd 13 жыл бұрын

@digitalmetadata1 I'm surprised this isn't in the Library Of Congress VICTOR site which virutally every major acoustic disc from 1900-1924

@BerlinBo 14 жыл бұрын

Written in 1905 by Vincent Bryan, music by Gus Edwards.

@LillybethLilyLeah 13 жыл бұрын

Classic! I love this in Looney Tunes!!

@maarcislv 7 жыл бұрын

someone should make a cover for these these songs. With these I mean "Come Josephine", this song and other popular songs from 10', 20' and 30'

@billylambert746 5 жыл бұрын

My great great great great grandfather made the olds mobile

@kevmichael2064 Жыл бұрын

I think this guy is entertaining.... Ragtime...Etc

@Senketsujin 3 жыл бұрын

I only know this song because of Bonzi the purple gorilla lol

@Braindazzled 5 жыл бұрын

And it's played on a Gerard turntable!

@claynpendleton 12 жыл бұрын

was this an advertisement for Oldsmobile from 1909? If so it is very cool, and rare in the 78 world

@scottprendergast5262 8 ай бұрын

This song alone should have saved OLDSMOBILE. [! /:,,, ( ] RIP

@87dramarama 5 жыл бұрын

music hasn't changed at all

@vinylsingleman 12 жыл бұрын

Oops, sorry, didn't even notice I'd already posted my info about the date a while back. Didn't mean to be redundant.

@nekad2000 2 жыл бұрын

The first example of an advertisement cleverly disguised as a pop song?

@legendherograndvideos1043 6 жыл бұрын

How did you find that record of that song

@EmmetEarwax 12 жыл бұрын

Another old automobile song about "auto eroticism" is "Please don't take advantage of my good nature" .Check out the last line !

@sugarcxne1910 6 жыл бұрын

Bonzi Buddy xD

@pieyo_II 7 жыл бұрын

i love this song but who came from bonzi buddy

@susiebeeler9302 12 жыл бұрын

@allanegleston13 7 жыл бұрын

the nipper trademark was origninaly a funural ceramic peice and edison bought the nipper for his trade mark i love this song. ahooogah.

@cdbpdx 7 жыл бұрын

Tain't the way I heared it...

@chrisnzella 7 жыл бұрын

I'm from Lansing, MI and love Oldsmobiles even if they don't make them anymore.

@beyondbeyond1965 7 жыл бұрын

I don't think so. The original painting was never used as a funeral ceramic piece and was never presented to the Edison company. When presented to the Edison-Bell company, they said "Dogs don't listen to phonographs". It was The Gramophone Company that bought the rights to the painting.

@digitalmetadata1 13 жыл бұрын

Your recording date is incorrect. This recording was made on January 19, 1906. Note that looking at the label on the record surface at the 9 o'clock position is the number 4. Take 4 is from 1906. Take 6 is from 1909!