Under the Anheuser Bush
"Under the Anheuser Bush" is a beer garden song commissioned by the Anheuser-Busch brewing company in 1903.[1] With music by Harry Von Tilzer and words by Andrew B. Sterling, the title contains a pun on the surnames of the company's founders ("Busch" is the German word for "Bush").
Published by the Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co., it followed on the success of Von Tilzer's 1902 beer garden composition, "Down Where The Wurzburger Flows".[2]
The chorus lyrics below are as printed in the 1903 sheet music.[3] The line "come and have a stein or two" is backed by the first bar of the German folk standard "Oh du lieber Augustin".
- Come, come, come and make eyes with me
- Under the Anheuser Bush
- Come, come drink some "Budwise" with me
- Under the Anheuser Bush
- Hear the old German band... [followed by a bar of "Oh du lieber Augustin"]
- Just let me hold your hand – Yah!
- Do, do come and have a stein or two
- Under the Anheuser Bush
Popular recordings were made by Billy Murray (1904), and as a duet by Collins and Harlan (1905).[2] In the MGM movie Meet Me in St. Louis, set in 1903, the orchestra at the Christmas dance plays an instrumental version.
The song was adapted for a British music hall version called "Down at the Old Bull and Bush", written for Florrie Forde and made popular by her.[4][a]
The tune was adapted for the political parody song "Down At The Old Watergate" during the Watergate scandal.[6]
Notes
- ^ The Old Bull and Bush is a north London public house—now a Grade II-listed landmark with a bar named in Forde's honor.[5]
References
- ^ Taylor, Timothy D. (2012). The Sounds of Capitalism: Advertising, Music, and the Conquest of Culture. University of Chicago Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-226-79114-2.
- ^ a b Jasen, David A. (2013). A Century of American Popular Music. Taylor & Francis. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-135-35271-4.
- ^ "Under the Anheuser Bush". Levy Sheet Music Collection. JScholarship. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ^ Martland, Peter (2012). Recording History: The British Record Industry, 1888–1931. Scarecrow Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-8108-8253-9.
- ^ "Artist Biography: Florrie Forde". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ "Down at the Old Watergate - Congressman William Hungate - YouTube". YouTube. 25 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
External links
- "Under the Anheuser Bush", Billy Murray (1904), Monarch (Victor) Record label, at Library of Congress National Jukebox
- "Under the Anheuser Bush", Collins and Harlan (1905), Victor Record label, at Library of Congress National Jukebox
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