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The Fascinating History of Ice Cream Trucks

Ridiculous History

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The History of the Ice Cream Truck Jingle

The classic ice cream truck jingle is based off a 19th century folk song called Turkey and the straw, which was itself based on an even older British folk tune called the old rose tree. It was sort of revamped to have a overtly racist message and incorporated into a lot of the traveling minstrel shows that we know and despise. They they talked with RZA, the legendary. producer behind Wu Tang's most massive hits, the legendary rapper, and they gave him a pitch that I just know RZA must have loved. And so to super producer, Mr. Max Williams, thanks to Alex Williams, who composed the jingle that we use every time we do this show. Who

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