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"In My Merry Oldsmobile" is a popular song from 1905, with music by Gus Edwards and lyrics by Vincent P. Bryan. The song's chorus is one of the most enduring automobile-oriented songs. The verses, which are slightly suggestive (by 1905 standards) and contain quaint terms for lovemaking, are seldom heard today. ==Popular culture== Oldsmobile Division of General Motors used the song, with altered lyrics, for several decades as a marketing jingle. "In My Merry Oldsmobile" was often used by Carl Stalling, long-time music director for Warner Bros. cartoons, especially when references to automobiles or driving were made. "In My Merry Oldsmobile" is one of the songs played on Main Street USA in Disneyland and the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom It was also sung in an episode of ''M *A *S *H'' by Hawkeye Pierce (played by Alan Alda) while driving a Jeep in Korea. "In My Merry Oldsmobile" is one of the songs sung by the BonziBuddy software application. In the song "Lord, Mr. Ford" on the 1979 album "Matchbox" by British rockabilly band Matchbox, they cover Jerry Reed's 1973 original, and the line "Come away with me, Lucille" is repeated several times, with the addition, at the end of the song, of the line "In my smoking choking automobile." The name Lucille hit its highest number in the US register of 1902; it was highly popular and had a certain glamour at the point of the song's popularity. Oldsmobile sponsored several TV shows starring Patti Page in the 1950's, including "The Patti Page Show" from 1955-56, "The Big Record" from 1957-58 and "The Oldsmobile Show starring Patti Page" from 1958-59. "In My Merry Oldsmobile" was used as the theme song on every telecast, and Page often sang some form of it with new lyrics. On some of the programs, the musical commercial segments were performed by Bill Hayes and Florence Henderson. It was used as the opening and closing theme on Techdirt's Podcast Episode 28: Is Car Ownership On The Way Out?〔("Techdirt Podcast Episode 28: Is Car Ownership On The Way Out?" ), techdirt.com, Jun 9th, 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「In My Merry Oldsmobile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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