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'{{multiple issues| {{unreliable sources|date=April 2016}} {{Refimprove|date=March 2014}}}} "'''The Song That Doesn’t End'''" (also referred to as "'''The Song That Never Ends'''") is a [[self-reference|self-referential]] and [[Infinity|infinitely]] [[Iteration|iterative]] [[children's song]]. The song appears in the album ''[[Lamb Chop's Sing-Along, Play-Along]]'' by puppeteer [[Shari Lewis]]. It is a single-[[verse (music)|verse]]-long song, written in an [[infinite loop|infinite-loop]] motif in a [[march (music)|march]] style, such that it naturally flows in a cyclical fashion, repeating the same verse over and over. It is still a very [[Popular music|popular tune]], typically sung during long car rides.<ref>[[Discogs]] {{cite web| title=Discogs' Entry for Lamb Chop's Sing-Along, Play-Along| url=http://www.discogs.com/Shari-Lewis-Lambchop-Lamb-Chops-Sing-Along-Play-Along/release/5462690 |access-date=March 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>[[AllMusic]]{{cite web| title=AllMusic's Entry for Lamb Chop's Sing-Along, Play-Along| url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lamb-chops-sing-along-play-along-mw0000086798 |access-date=March 6, 2014}}</ref><ref>Shari Lewis (Author), Marty Gold (Author, Editor), Debbie Cavalier (Editor) ''Lamb Chop's Play-Along: Piano/Vocal/Chords''. Warner Brothers Publications, 1996, p. 108. {{ISBN|1576233545}}</ref> ==Lyrics== "This is the song that never(doesn't<ref>{{Citation|title=The Song that Never Ends|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz6OGVCdov8|language=en|access-date=2021-04-15}}</ref>) end(s). Yes, it goes on and on, my friend(s). Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was. poop nugget man And they'll continue singing it forever just because..."<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Song That Doesn't End - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=1_47KVJV8DU|access-date=2020-12-19|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> (The refrain continues in an infinite loop) == Notable appearances and recordings == A version of the song was used as the closing [[theme song|theme]] of ''[[Lamb Chop's Play-Along]]'', a 1992 [[television|televised]] [[puppet]] show on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]. At the end of each episode, the puppets sang the verses of the song while hostess [[Shari Lewis]] would try in vain to stop them. They would eventually leave on her urging, even while beginning a sixth verse. Then the puppet character Charlie Horse would return and try to get to sing the song again. However Lewis would stop Charlie Horse by covering his mouth and would then order him to "go away". Charlie Horse does as Shari Lewis tells him. He leaves, but slams the door before Lewis could tell him not to slam the door. After the door was slammed, Lewis would face the audience with an exasperated expression and say "door". But at least it's now silent (with the annoying group gone) which is her only consolation. A short rendition of the song appeared in a skit on the animated TV show ''[[Cartoon Planet]]'' (the skit is also featured on the companion album, ''Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que''). [[Brak (character)|Brak]] sings the song until he is asked to stop by [[Zorak]], who finds it annoying. Brak explains that he is unable to because it's the "song that doesn't end." He attempts to continue until Zorak loses his temper, causing Brak to cease, remarking, "I guess it just ended." The song has been adopted as an unofficial [[anthem]] by disparate groups. The [[Discordianism|Discordian]] organization (or ''dis''organization) known as [[Discordianism#POEE|POEE]] has listed the song in their material with claims that it was written by a member, while [[fan (aficionado)|fans]] of the [[rock music|rock]] band [[Styx (band)|Styx]] adopted a variation, "The Tour That Never Ends", to describe Styx's 400-plus date tour in the late 1990s in support of their album ''[[Brave New World (Styx album)|Brave New World]]''. {{citation needed|date=March 2014}} A series of Canadian [[Motrin]] pain killer ads featured kids singing the song in the back of a car, during a traffic jam, while eating [[chocolate]]-covered [[coffee]] beans.<!--"This is the song goes on forever, because it has no end. We'll finish singing it never; because it never has an end(And then you'd repeat that.)" was commented out until the context can be ascertained.--> In the ''[[Annoying Orange]]'' episode, "A Loud Place", Orange and his friends are singing the song at the beginning of the episode while in a band rehearsing. In season 2 episode 10 of Good Girls, Annie Marks sings the erroneous version of the song with the lyrics "This is the song that never ends". In an episode of Smart Guy, Yvette and Moe sing a version of this song to annoy a man while trying to win a car in a competition to see who can stay in the car the longest. == See also == * "[[John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt]]" * [[Michael Finnegan (song)]] == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Song That Never Ends, The}} [[Category:Children's songs]] [[Category:Playground songs]] [[Category:Metasongs]] [[Category:1988 songs]]'