Ice Cream Song Origin

I wondered how such a prejudiced song could have become the anthem of ice cream and childhood summers.

Ice cream song origin. I learned that though browne was fairly creative in his lyrics the song. Earlier this year comedian michael blackson shared an instagram post confronting an ice cream truck driver about the song s history bringing a fresh wave of awareness to the issue. Good humor ice cream asked the wu tang clan s rza to come up with a new jingle to replace turkey in the straw a ubiquitous ice cream truck song with a racist past. Origin of the song.

By cortney drakeford cortneyd 08 14 20 at 10 09 am. The tune most commonly known in the united states as turkey in. The ice cream song arguably the most iconic jingle of american childhood has an incredibly racist past. While the tune behind the song has a long history dating back to at least mid 19th century ireland its popularity in america and its association with ice cream trucks are the result of decades of racist songs.

Ice cream truck songs racist history results in new song from rza.