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* Another Japanese song, ''Neko Funjatta'' (I stepped on the cat) got its tune from the German song ''Flohwalzer'' (Flea Waltz). Interestingly the song is also adapted many countries in Europe, [[MarketBasedTitle each giving it a different name]]. TheOtherWiki has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flohwalzer a whole article about it]].
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* Another Japanese song, ''Neko Funjatta'' (I stepped on the cat) got its tune from the German song ''Flohwalzer'' (Flea Waltz). Interestingly the song is also adapted many countries in Europe, [[MarketBasedTitle each giving it a different name]]. TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flohwalzer a whole article about it]].
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* Another Japanese song, ''Neko Funjatta'' (I stepped on the cat) got its tune from the German song ''Flohwalzer'' (Flea Waltz). Interestingly the song is also adapted many countries in Europe, [[MarketBasedTitle each giving it a different name]]. TheOtherWiki has [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flohwalzer a whole article about it]].
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* The Japanese song ''Oni no pantsu'' (the devil's pants) got its tune from ''Funiculì, Funiculà'', an Italian song composed in the 1880s.
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* Australian courts [[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/04/2809848.htm ruled]] that the flute riff in Men at Work's hit "Down Under" is a straight rip-off of the tune to the nursery rhyme "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree".
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* Australian courts [[http://www.[[https://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/04/2809848.htm au/news/2010-02-04/men-at-work-plundered-kookaburra-riff-court/321624 ruled]] that the flute riff in Men at Work's hit "Down Under" is a straight rip-off of the tune to the nursery rhyme "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree".
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** And somehow somewhere in the mists of time since Lully and Händel, the tune entered Swedish folk music, where the key was changed to minor (Swedish folk music is nearly always in a minor key). So, in Sweden, it's a sad little song on how it's actually better to be abandoned than to be locked in a marriage with someone who doesn't love you, even if both of them suck.
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** And somehow somewhere in the mists of time since Lully and Händel, the tune entered Swedish folk music, where the key [[{{Scales}} key]] was changed to minor (Swedish folk music is nearly always in a minor key). So, in Sweden, it's a sad little song on how it's actually better to be abandoned than to be locked in a marriage with someone who doesn't love you, even if both of them suck.
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** Even funnier, one of the first Russian national anthems was this British anthem with new lyrics in Russian. But soon the British Empire became the rival to the Russian Empire, and Russians wrote their own anthem with their own tune ("''Spasi bozhe tsarya khrani''"), that survived until the revolution. It is in most American hymnals as "God, the Omnipotent, King Who Ordainest."
*** And after the revolution, things got even funnier. The Soviet anthem "Soyuz Nerushimy" (The Unbreakable Union) was originally, before WWII, an anthem of the Communist Party, with different lyrics. After Stalin died, the lyrics were at first totally removed under Khrushchev, and under Brezhnev the anthem received new lyrics, particularly changing the second stanza that hailed Stalin, and totally removed the third stanza that emphasized the military. And the current Russian anthem is basically Soyuz Nerushimy with lyrics changed once more again, now removing all references to Lenin and communism and replacing them with your garden variety patriotic lyrics.
*** And after the revolution, things got even funnier. The Soviet anthem "Soyuz Nerushimy" (The Unbreakable Union) was originally, before WWII, an anthem of the Communist Party, with different lyrics. After Stalin died, the lyrics were at first totally removed under Khrushchev, and under Brezhnev the anthem received new lyrics, particularly changing the second stanza that hailed Stalin, and totally removed the third stanza that emphasized the military. And the current Russian anthem is basically Soyuz Nerushimy with lyrics changed once more again, now removing all references to Lenin and communism and replacing them with your garden variety patriotic lyrics.
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** Even funnier, one of the first Russian national anthems was this British anthem with new lyrics in Russian. But soon the British Empire became the rival to the Russian Empire, and Russians wrote their own anthem with their own tune ("''Spasi bozhe tsarya khrani''"), that which survived until the revolution. It is in most American hymnals as "God, the Omnipotent, King Who Ordainest."
*** And after the revolution, things got even funnier. Originally, The Soviet anthem "Soyuz Nerushimy" (The Unbreakable Union)was originally, was, before WWII, an anthem of the Communist Party, with different lyrics. After Stalin died, the lyrics were at first totally removed under Khrushchev, and under Brezhnev the anthem received new lyrics, particularly changing the second stanza that hailed Stalin, and totally removed removing the third stanza that emphasized the military. And the current Russian anthem is basically Soyuz Nerushimy with lyrics changed once more again, now removing eliminating all references to Lenin and communism and replacing them with your garden variety patriotic lyrics.
*** And after the revolution, things got even funnier. Originally, The Soviet anthem "Soyuz Nerushimy" (The Unbreakable Union)
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** The national anthem of Liechtenstein is sung to the same tune. HilarityEnsues when England play Liechtenstein in football.
** And somehow somewhere in the mists of time since Lully and Händel, the tune entered Swedish folk music, where the key was changed to minor (Swedish folk music is nearly always in minor key). So in Sweden, it's a sad little song on how it's actually better to be abandoned than to be locked in a marriage with someone who doesn't love you, even if both of them suck.
** And somehow somewhere in the mists of time since Lully and Händel, the tune entered Swedish folk music, where the key was changed to minor (Swedish folk music is nearly always in minor key). So in Sweden, it's a sad little song on how it's actually better to be abandoned than to be locked in a marriage with someone who doesn't love you, even if both of them suck.
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** The national anthem of Liechtenstein is sung to the same tune. HilarityEnsues when England play plays Liechtenstein in football.
** And somehow somewhere in the mists of time since Lully and Händel, the tune entered Swedish folk music, where the key was changed to minor (Swedish folk music is nearly always in a minor key).So So, in Sweden, it's a sad little song on how it's actually better to be abandoned than to be locked in a marriage with someone who doesn't love you, even if both of them suck.
** And somehow somewhere in the mists of time since Lully and Händel, the tune entered Swedish folk music, where the key was changed to minor (Swedish folk music is nearly always in a minor key).
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* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Canada O Canada]]'', the Canadian national anthem, was originally a patriotic French-Canadian poem set to music for a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony. The English lyrics were written much later and do not constitute a literal translation. (Ironically, this is now the one song you are probably ''least'' likely to hear in Québec on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Baptiste_Day#Political_nature_of_the_celebration due to that holiday's strong association with the sovereignist movement.]])
* Germany's national anthem uses a tune that was originally written by Music/JosephHaydn for Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire. The tune is also used for several hymns. Most Americans probably associate the song ''exclusively'' with UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, but it's OlderThanTheyThink.
* Germany's national anthem uses a tune that was originally written by Music/JosephHaydn for Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire. The tune is also used for several hymns. Most Americans probably associate the song ''exclusively'' with UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, but it's OlderThanTheyThink.
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* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Canada O Canada]]'', the Canadian national anthem, was originally a patriotic French-Canadian poem set to music for a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony. The English lyrics were written much later and do not constitute a literal translation. (Ironically, this is now the one song you are probably ''least'' likely to hear in Québec on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Baptiste_Day#Political_nature_of_the_celebration due to that holiday's strong association with the sovereignist sovereigntist movement.]])
* Germany's national anthem uses a tune thatwas originally written by Music/JosephHaydn originally wrote for Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire. The tune is also used for several hymns. Most Americans probably associate the song ''exclusively'' with UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, but it's OlderThanTheyThink.
* Germany's national anthem uses a tune that
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* The AlmaMaterSong of Yale is a taken from German patriotic hymn "The Watch on the Rhine", best known in America for its appearance in the "Marseillaise" scene in ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''.
* "The Red Flag" was not originally intended to be "O Christmas Tree". For example: "Our Christmas tree is deepest red / it's shrouded of our martyred dead / and ere its limbs grew stiff and cold / our heart's blood dyed to every fold / so raise the scarlet standard high / beneath it's shade we'll live and die / though cowards flinch and traitors sneer / we'll keep the red flag flying here."
* "The Red Flag" was not originally intended to be "O Christmas Tree". For example: "Our Christmas tree is deepest red / it's shrouded of our martyred dead / and ere its limbs grew stiff and cold / our heart's blood dyed to every fold / so raise the scarlet standard high / beneath it's shade we'll live and die / though cowards flinch and traitors sneer / we'll keep the red flag flying here."
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* The AlmaMaterSong of Yale is a taken from the German patriotic hymn "The Watch on the Rhine", best known in America for its appearance in the "Marseillaise" scene in ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''.
* "The Red Flag" was not originally intended to be "O Christmas Tree". For example: "Our Christmas tree is deepest red / it's shrouded of our martyred dead / and ere its limbs grew stiff and cold / our heart's blood dyed to every fold / so raise the scarlet standard high / beneathit's its shade we'll live live, and die / though cowards flinch and traitors sneer / we'll keep the red flag flying here."
* "The Red Flag" was not originally intended to be "O Christmas Tree". For example: "Our Christmas tree is deepest red / it's shrouded of our martyred dead / and ere its limbs grew stiff and cold / our heart's blood dyed to every fold / so raise the scarlet standard high / beneath
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** And of course "The Red Flag" has been parodied, thanks to [[UsefulNotes/TonyBlair New Labour]], as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Flag_Once_A_Year The People's Flag Is Palest Pink]]."
** Maryland, Florida and Iowa have all adopted the melody for a state song at some point.
* The Japanese children's song "Musunde, Hiraite" and "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" are both based on the Pantomime in Creator/JeanJacquesRousseau's opera ''Le Devin du Village''.
** Maryland, Florida and Iowa have all adopted the melody for a state song at some point.
* The Japanese children's song "Musunde, Hiraite" and "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" are both based on the Pantomime in Creator/JeanJacquesRousseau's opera ''Le Devin du Village''.
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** And of course course, "The Red Flag" has been parodied, thanks to [[UsefulNotes/TonyBlair New Labour]], as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Flag_Once_A_Year The People's Flag Is Palest Pink]]."
** Maryland,Florida Florida, and Iowa have all adopted the melody for a state song at some point.
* The Japanese children'ssong songs "Musunde, Hiraite" and "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" are both based on the Pantomime in Creator/JeanJacquesRousseau's opera ''Le Devin du Village''.
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* Australian courts [[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/04/2809848.htm ruled]] that the flute riff in Men at Work's hit "Down Under" is a straight rip off of the tune to nursery rhyme "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree".
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* Australian courts [[http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/04/2809848.htm ruled]] that the flute riff in Men at Work's hit "Down Under" is a straight rip off rip-off of the tune to the nursery rhyme "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree".
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* "Turkey in the Straw" (verse), and "Do Your Ears Hang Low". Also the Doughnut Shop song. And the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' state capitals song. One of the earliest incarnations of this tune was the minstrel song "Zip Coon."
* "Have You Ever Seen a Lassie" and "The More We Get Together", both of which sharing the same melody which originated in the Austrian folk song "O du lieber Augustin".
* "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", "Sweetly Sings the Donkey", and "Ten Green Bottles".
* "Have You Ever Seen a Lassie" and "The More We Get Together", both of which sharing the same melody which originated in the Austrian folk song "O du lieber Augustin".
* "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", "Sweetly Sings the Donkey", and "Ten Green Bottles".
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* "Turkey in the Straw" (verse), and "Do Your Ears Hang Low". Also Also, the Doughnut Shop song. And the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' state capitals song. One of the earliest incarnations of this tune was the minstrel song "Zip Coon."
* "Have You Ever Seen a Lassie" and "The More We Get Together", both of whichsharing share the same melody which originated in the Austrian folk song "O du lieber Augustin".
* "TheItsy Bitsy Itsy-Bitsy Spider", "Sweetly Sings the Donkey", and "Ten Green Bottles".
* "Have You Ever Seen a Lassie" and "The More We Get Together", both of which
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* "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" AKA "The Bear Went Over The Mountain" AKA "We Won't Get Home Until Morning" is known in French as "Marlborough s'en va en guerre."
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* "Frère Jacques", "Where is Thumbkin",, the Chinese children's song "Liang Ji Lao Hu" ("Two Tigers"), and Binky the Clown's birthday song from WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends.
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* "Frère Jacques", "Where is Thumbkin",, Thumbkin", the Chinese children's song "Liang Ji Lao Hu" ("Two Tigers"), and Binky the Clown's birthday song from WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends.
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* "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes "Merrily We Roll Along."]]
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** Also, a Japanese song about dogs (title forgotten at the moment). And another song called "Good morning".
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** BINGO was changed into a song about a ''CAT'' in Malaysian preschoolers program ''Didi and Friends''. This is largely due to the show being underwritten by a particular Muslim non-profit organization, and said organization (along with a number of others) had suddenly classified dogs as ''evil animals'' and are pushing for a general ban on dogs in Malaysia...
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** BINGO was changed into a song about a ''CAT'' in Malaysian preschoolers preschoolers' program ''Didi and Friends''. This is largely due to the show being underwritten by a particular Muslim non-profit organization, organization and said organization (along with a number of others) had suddenly classified dogs as ''evil animals'' and are pushing for a general ban on dogs in Malaysia...
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* "Dance Of The Hours" and ''The Garfield Opera'' from ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''.
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* "Dance Of The the Hours" and ''The Garfield Opera'' from ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends''.
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* The patriotic song "God Bless Australia" is sung to the tune of the traditional Australian song "Waltzing Matilda" (itself popular enough to be sometimes considered as an unofficial anthem of the country). "God Bless Australia" has been written in 1961, as an attempt to give the country its own national anthem, the official anthem of the time being the "God Save the Queen"[[note]]It didn't work. The specific Australian anthem is another song, "Advance Australia Fair", adopted in 1984.[[/note]].
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* The patriotic song "God Bless Australia" is sung to the tune of the traditional Australian song "Waltzing Matilda" (itself popular enough to be sometimes considered as an unofficial anthem of the country). "God Bless Australia" has been written in 1961, as an attempt to give the country its own national anthem, the official anthem of the time being the "God Save the Queen"[[note]]It Queen"[[note]] It didn't work. The specific Australian anthem is another song, "Advance Australia Fair", adopted in 1984. [[/note]].
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnopHCL1Jk8 Dragostea din Tei]]" from the Music/OZone is also the melody for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sok8kp_DSqE My Life is a Party]]" by the Italoboys, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCgD9GNvVA When You Leave]]" by Alina, and "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k48LFjD26JU Faded Love]]" by Leony.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnopHCL1Jk8 Dragostea din Tei]]" from the Music/OZone is also the melody for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sok8kp_DSqE My Life is a Party]]" by the Italoboys, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCgD9GNvVA When You Leave]]" by Alina, and "https://www."[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k48LFjD26JU Faded Love]]" by Leony.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnopHCL1Jk8 Dragostea din Tei]]" from the Music/OZone is also the melody for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sok8kp_DSqE My Life is a Party]]" by the Italoboys and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCgD9GNvVA When You Leave]]" by Alina.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnopHCL1Jk8 Dragostea din Tei]]" from the Music/OZone is also the melody for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sok8kp_DSqE My Life is a Party]]" by the Italoboys and Italoboys, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCgD9GNvVA When You Leave]]" by Alina.Alina, and "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k48LFjD26JU Faded Love]]" by Leony.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnopHCL1Jk8 Dragostea din Tei]]" from the O-Zone is also the melody for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sok8kp_DSqE My Life is a Party]]" by the Italoboys and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCgD9GNvVA When You Leave]]" by Alina.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnopHCL1Jk8 Dragostea din Tei]]" from the O-Zone Music/OZone is also the melody for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sok8kp_DSqE My Life is a Party]]" by the Italoboys and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCgD9GNvVA When You Leave]]" by Alina.
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* The melody of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyH-2amZlWY Daddy DJ]]" has been used in at least three other songs: the infamous "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzWIFX8M-Y DotA]]" by Basshunter "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3CxhBIrBho All I Ever Wanted]]" (which is seen as an updated version of [=DotA=], and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaNwvukxz64 Pretty Rave Girl]]" by [=S3rl=].
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* The melody of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyH-2amZlWY Daddy DJ]]" has been used in at least three other songs: the infamous "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzWIFX8M-Y DotA]]" by Basshunter "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3CxhBIrBho All I Ever Wanted]]" (which is seen as an updated version of [=DotA=], [=DotA=]), and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaNwvukxz64 Pretty Rave Girl]]" by [=S3rl=].
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* The melody of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyH-2amZlWY Daddy DJ]]" has been used in at least three other songs: the infamous "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OzWIFX8M-Y DotA]]" by Basshunter "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3CxhBIrBho All I Ever Wanted]]" (which is seen as an updated version of [=DotA=], and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaNwvukxz64 Pretty Rave Girl]]" by [=S3rl=].
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* "Johnny Comes Marching Home", "The Ants Came Marching", "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and the Irish ballad "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" are all sung in the same tune as Johnny Fill Up the Bowl, a topical drinking son from the period.
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* "Johnny Comes Marching Home", "The Ants Came Marching", "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and the Irish ballad "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" are all sung in the same tune as Johnny Fill Up the Bowl, a topical drinking son song from the period.
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* "Johnny Comes Marching Home", "The Ants Came Marching", "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and the Irish ballad "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" are all sung in the same tune as Johnny Fill Up the Bowl
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* "Johnny Comes Marching Home", "The Ants Came Marching", "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and the Irish ballad "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" are all sung in the same tune as Johnny Fill Up the BowlBowl, a topical drinking son from the period.
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When Johnny comes marching home was published in 1864, 3 years before Johnny I hardly Knew ye.
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* "Johnny Comes Marching Home", "The Ants Came Marching" and "Ghost Riders in the Sky" all were based on the Irish ballad Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
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* "Johnny Comes Marching Home", "The Ants Came Marching" and Marching", "Ghost Riders in the Sky" all were based on and the Irish ballad Johnny "Johnny I Hardly Knew YeYe" are all sung in the same tune as Johnny Fill Up the Bowl
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* "Have You Ever Seen a Lassie" and "The More We Get Together".
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* "El Payaso Plin Plin" is a Spanish-language nursery rhyme sung to the same tune as HappyBirthdayToYou.
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"I Saw Three Ships" and "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" have different tunes
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* The Christmas carol "What Child is This?" shares its tune with "Greensleeves"
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* The Malaysian national anthem is actually ascended from the anthem of the State of Perak. However, it was later found out that the state Sultanate actually plagiarized a popular tune of the period. Long story short tho, instead of acknowledging the gaffe and just coming up with a new anthem, [[TooDumbToLive Mamula Moon and all other songs that share it's tune became banned in the country instead]].
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* The Malaysian national anthem is actually ascended from the anthem of the State of Perak. However, it was later found out that the state Sultanate actually plagiarized a popular tune of the period. Long story short tho, instead of acknowledging the gaffe and just coming up with a new anthem, [[TooDumbToLive Mamula Moon and all other songs that share it's tune became banned in the country instead]].instead.
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* The patriotic song "God Bless Australia" is sung to the tune of the traditional Australian song "Waltzing Matilda" (itself popular enough to be sometimes considered as an unofficial anthem of the country). "God Bless Australia" has been written in 1961, as an attempt to give the country its own national anthem, the official anthem of the time being the "God Save the Queen"[[note]]It didn't work. The specific Australian anthem is another song, "Advance Australia Fair", adopted in 1984.[[/note]].
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** Also sung to this tune is the American UsefulNotes/WorldWarII paratrooper song "Blood Upon the Risers", a [[BlackComedy black-comedic]] ballad about a rookie paratrooper who forgot to properly pack his reserve chute and ended up splattered on the ground. The chorus caps it:
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** Also sung to this tune is the American UsefulNotes/WorldWarII paratrooper [[ItsRainingMen paratrooper]] song "Blood Upon the Risers", a [[BlackComedy black-comedic]] ballad about a rookie paratrooper who forgot to properly pack his reserve chute and ended up splattered on the ground. The chorus caps it:
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* "John Brown's Body" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
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* "John Brown's Body" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
Republic". This was intentional; "John Brown's Body," an anonymous song set to a relatively new tune shortly after Brown's execution in 1859 was an abolitionist anthem--and, once the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] started, a Northern one, as well (at least, for those parts of the North, like New England and Pennsylvania, where abolitionism had a strong hold). However, many on the Northern side felt that "John Brown's Body" was lacking in literary merit and that it was perhaps a little too topical. Julia Ward Howe, author of was one of these Northerners, and (although she said the inspiration came in a dream) "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" was the result.
** Also sung to this tune is the American UsefulNotes/WorldWarII paratrooper song "Blood Upon the Risers", a [[BlackComedy black-comedic]] ballad about a rookie paratrooper who forgot to properly pack his reserve chute and ended up splattered on the ground. The chorus caps it:
---> Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die,
---> Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die,
---> Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die,
---> He ain't gonna jump no more!
** The really weird thing is the kids' song about bananas, coconuts, and grapes being sung to this tune.
** Also sung to this tune is the American UsefulNotes/WorldWarII paratrooper song "Blood Upon the Risers", a [[BlackComedy black-comedic]] ballad about a rookie paratrooper who forgot to properly pack his reserve chute and ended up splattered on the ground. The chorus caps it:
---> Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die,
---> Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die,
---> Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die,
---> He ain't gonna jump no more!
** The really weird thing is the kids' song about bananas, coconuts, and grapes being sung to this tune.
