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Under the Anheuser Bush
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Wikipedia article
"'Under the Anheuser Bush'" is a beer garden song commissioned by the Anheuser-Busch brewing company in 1903. 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".
The chorus lyrics below are as printed in the 1903 sheet music. 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). 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.
The tune was adapted for the political parody song "Down At The Old Watergate" during the Watergate scandal.
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