'I'm My Own Grandpa' – Where Did the Tale Begin?

Long before it became a famous song, 'I’m My Own Grandpa' had popularity as an oft-repeated story. For at least seventy-five years, newspapers across the US published stories about men who claimed to be their own grandfather. This legend began by at least 1848.

Family Tree

A children's music CD by Tom Chapin.

Genealogy Songs & Movies

Lonzo & Oscar

A music CD by Lonzo & Oscar. Includes I'm My Own Grandpa.

September 2002 Music in the Civil War

Photos of musicians at Bensalem and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and several URLs for websites with words and/or midi files.