Homer & Jethro - The Battle Of Kookamonga download

i loved this song as a kid i've always remembered this .it reminded me of summer camps they had in Wisconsin

This was a parody of Johnny Horton's 1959 hit, so it was probably broadcast soon thereafter, when the "In 1815, we took a little trip...." lyric was still in folks' memory. Their record of the song won a best comedy performance Grammy in 1959, according to Wikipedia. (And I just noticed that Homes & Jethro sing, "In 1959...," a nice tip of the hat to Horton.)

This was on the "record player" when I was a tyke. I laughed, but was too young to fully understand about the "we had I eyes a-glued" and the "swimmin in the - WELL NOW".

How come my summer camp experiences were never this fun?

This is a parallel experience to what I and other boy scouts experienced at the Phoenix Ariz. Scout summer camp in 1947.   When the maintenance man (Chief) flicked on the lights at the pool, there were the girl scouts from "next door" in the pool with little--mostly nothing--on, screaming (as you might imagine) and running--swimming for cover--incidently, cacti don't make good cover.  Unfortunately, we Scouts weren't prepared.

Lovely song and musical performance !

this is straight off of HEE-HAW!!! Lawd Halp me Jaysus!!

I played a gig with them in Dayton, Ohio in 1971 just shortly before Henry Haynes passed away..... Although remembered for comedy and country work, they could play anything...

wow, I haven't heard this in years, brings back memories of listening to Homer and Jethro on old 45's when I was a young kid back in the 70's.

Dad loved them! I heard this at 5 years of age.

this is only the 2nd song by these guys...they playing on johnny horton songs...cool songs

As a kid I had a Doctor Demento cassette with this song. One of my favorites.

Always hilarious, haven't heard them since my grandpa used to play them when i was growing up. I used to sit in front of the record player by the hour. love them still.

When I was a kid, we had an album of Homer & Jethro. It was fantastic. This was one my favorites.

... and the traditional fiddle tune is "The Eighth of January" (commemorating the Battle of New Orleans on that day, long before it became Elvis's birthday or inspired Jimmy Driftwood to write the "Battle of New Orleans" song)

I had just graduated from high school.... I was very lucky to have backed them up....