[78-L] Oompah question (sort of)

[Julian Vein]

On 24/01/12 17:48, Cary Ginell wrote:
> I wonder if that is the phrase that is being chanted in the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus."
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It is, but still doesn't explain its origin. The Ammons was recorded in 
1957. Is it one of those phrases to which only one melody can fit? 
Comedian Jimmy Edwards apparently used it earlier.

      Julian Vein