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"The More We Get Together" is a traditional British folk song and popular children's song. Like "Did You Ever See a Lassie?", its tune was taken from a 1679 Viennese tune by Marx Augustin, "Oh du lieber Augustin".

In popular culture

British songwriters Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly, under the pseudonym Irving King, claimed authorship in 1926 as the official song of the Ancient Order of Froth Blowers, with lyrics, "...The more we are together the merrier we'll be..."^[1] King said it was "founded on an old air".

Dick Powell with "The Foursome" recorded the song for Decca in 1939.^[2]

Curad used the tune in their 1960's "ouchless" bandage jingle.

Pop music of the song was used in the Kidsongs video released in 1989: "A Day at Camp".

The song was used in a UK advert for Wrigley's Extra chewing gum in 2006.

The theme song of the Singaporean show Together played the tune at the beginning and end of the theme song. It is also played at the interlude.

In 2011, the song was included in Sony Handycam Projector series camcorder commercial, with some modified lyrics.

In August 2013, Subway New Zealand used the tune to advertise their Limited Time $5 Lunch Deals.

In 2014, a rendition of the song was played in the trailer for version 1.1 of Goat Simulator.

References

1. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~ianb/fofb/anthem.htm |title=The Ancient Order Of Froth Blowers Anthem. |access-date=2017-08-04 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134818/http://www.btinternet.com/~ianb/fofb/anthem.htm |archivedate=2007-09-29 |df= }}
2. ^{{Cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/78_good-fellows-medley_dick-powell-with-the-foursome-harry-sosnik_gbia0006821a |title=Good Fellows Medley |date=2017-04-27 |website=Internet Archive |access-date=2017-08-04}}

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