Anonsense song is a type of song written mainly for the purpose of entertainment using nonsense syllables at least in the chorus. Such a song generally has a simple melody and a quick (or fairly quick) tempo and repeating sections.[1]
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".[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
The jazz age created many nonsense songs, such as "Ja-Da".
Ja-da, ja-da
Ja-da, ja-da, jing, jing, jing[1]
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