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From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Subject: Re: yada
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Jonathan Lundell wrote:
> 
> In article <319FE3FB.779B@mindport.net>, jetra@mindport.net wrote:
> 
> >Rich Veraa wrote:
> >
> >> >Can anyone tell me what this means, and where it comes from?
> >>
> >> Yada, yada,
> >> Yada, yada, ying  ying ying.
> >
> >My guess -- a complete nonsense song.
> 
> I'm familiar with it (and know the tune), but pronounced with J's instead
> of Y's. I'm drawing a blank on the source, but it's been recorded and
> relatively popular not all that long ago.

I don't have an exact date for "Jada, Jada", but certainly no later than 1915.
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John Cowan						cowan@ccil.org
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