What's the original music for the humorous song, "Hello Mudda, Hello Fahda"? Is it a classical tune?

Question

That's "Hello Mother, Hello Father", of course, but the guy who sang the song was from New York.

Oh, great answers, guys....but I was wondering where the actual TUNE came from. Thank you sooo much for the lyrics (I had forgotten most of it) and the names of the singers!

Answer 1

The original music is classical. I think it is "Dance of the Hours" by Amilcare Ponchielli. It is a ballet from the opera, La Gioconda.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_of_the_hours

Answer 2

Oh no, at first I thought this had to do with Scheherazade! Because I was going to say that we should put Yiruma in her place. We'd miss out on her stories, but on the other hand, we'd only have to put up with Yiruma for a night- he wouldn't have the talent to escape the axe! OK, three wishes (which is still a fun question!). I would never free the genie- if he has a taste for classical music, he needs to be enslaved forever. I would be certain to hand off the lamp to the other respected members of this forum :) 1) Exile Yiruma, Eunadi, Cater Burwell, Bella, and people who use classical pieces in commercials to Saint Helena. Does that all count as one wish? Probably not :( Of course, that's only a temporary measure- more like them will always crop up tomorrow. 2) Give me a time machine, so that I can take all the great composers of the past and give them access to the Berlin Philharmonic and a recording studio. (*dreamy-eyed*) 3) Make one hour of classical music study mandatory in all elemnetary schools. We'll scrap the American Revolution- it's useless anyways. [Do other countries do this- repeating the *same* thing every single year? "The Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill and Concord and Lexington... it makes me nauseous now. I got yelled at by my teachers every year for reading during class- God forbid I should learn about Chinese history or read Newberry books!] Anyways, those are my wishes. I would kill for Mutter's talent on violin, but I also think it would lose its magic without the years of training :)

Answer 3

What's the original music for the humorous song, "Hello Mudda, Hello Fahda"? Is it a classical tune?

That's "Hello Mother, Hello Father", of course, but the guy who sang the song was from New York.

Answer 4

Hello Mudda Hello Fadda

Answer 5

Hello Mother, Hello Father
by Spike Jones

Hello muddah, hello faddah,
Here I am at Camp Granada.
Camp is very entertaining,
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining!

I went hiking with Joe Spivey,
He developed poison ivy.
You remember Lennard Skinard,
He got tomain poisoning last night after dinner!

All the counselors hate the waiters,
And the lake has alligators!
And the head coach wants no sissies,
So he reads to us from something called 'Ulysses'.

No, I don't want this should scare ya,
But my bunkmate has malaria!
You remember Jeffrey Hardy,
They're about to organize a searching party!

Take me home, oh muddah, faddah.
Take me home, I hate Granada.
Don't leave me out in the forest,
Where I might get eaten by a bear!

Take me home, I promise I will not make noise,
Or mess the house with other boys,
Oh please don't make me stay;
I've been here one whole day!

Dearest faddah, darling muddah,
How's my precious little bruddah?
Let me come home if you miss me;
I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me!

Wait a minute; it stopped hailing.
Guys are swimming, guys are sailing.
Playing baseball, gee that's bettah.
Muddah, faddah, kindly disregard this letter!

Answer 6

This song is considered a "parody", and is originally by Allan Sherman.
The original music for this song is called "Dance of the Hours", written by Amilcare Ponchielli.

The music is considered "ballet music".
Allan Sherman was from Chicago, Illinois.

Answer 7

Camp Granada Song

Answer 8

It's Dance of the Hours...Classical waltz

Answer 9

Its Dance of the Hours, which is a ballet from the opera, La Gioconda composed by Amilcare Ponchielli.

Answer 10

Allan Sherman