I'm interested in when Tah Rah Rah BOOM di-Ay was published and popular. No, not the one on DT, the children's naughty parody, but the root song that was popular in "polite society".

My interest is because I'm trying to get a handle on the origin of a song I collected in the 40s, which ends with a reference to the Tah Rah song in the last line.

My pure GUESS is that Tah-Rah was popular before 1900, but a guess--and especially such a broad guess--is no use for my purposes.

Dave Oesterreich