Nonsense song

A nonsense song is a type of song written in fun using nonsense syllables at least in the chorus. Such a song generally has a simple melody and a quick (or fairly quick) tempo.

The roots of this song type can be traced as far back as "Shoo, Fly, Don't Bother Me" and "Jimmy Crack Corn" to the 1890s "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay". This last was a kind of can-can with an obvious accent on the "boom." Mostly it was a way of letting off steam.

Every era has had its own nonsense songs. The turn of the 20th century had "Row, Row, Row", with lines like:

And then he'd row, row, row,
A little further he would row,
Oh, oh, oh, oh,
And then he'd drop both his oars,
Take a few more encores
And then he'd row, row, row.

The jazz age created many nonsense songs, such as "Ja-Da."

Ja-da, ja-da
Ja-da, ja-da, jig, jig, jig

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