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Show World's Oldest Tune The tune to which the popular ditty, "For he's a jolly good fellow," Is sung. Is said to be the oldest tune known to man. Its origin, says Looker-on in the London Daily Chronicle, Is lost In antiquity. Research Re-search has brought to light that it was well known to the anoient Egyptians, and that they probably got it from Babylon, but beyond this she trail Is lost. Visitors to Lap land have heard the melody there; It is known to the native tribes ol South America, and It Is frequently frequent-ly used by the aborigines of Australia, Aus-tralia, as well as by the Maoris and Arabs. It came to England when the Crusaders returned from the Holy land, and it was used by those old-time warriors as a sort of war song, when they were besieging Jerusalem. |