April 17, 2009

Epic Video: Little Pig sing along

We figured that we'd start this Friday morning out with a sing-a-long. So turn up those speakers, clear your voicebox, and push play.

But first, according to the site, here's a little history on the following video:

This song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?", is cheerful ditty that caught the public fancy in the darkest days of the Great Depression. It was first heard in Three Little Pigs, a Silly Symphony released May 27, 1933. Almost immediately, the song was on every radio in America, and was selling briskly in the form of both sheet music and 78 RPM records. The original song composed by Frank Churchill for the cartoon, mirrored the people's resolve against the "big bad wolf" of The Great Depression; the song actually became something of an anthem of the Great Depression.

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