The Oldest Song Surviving in Its Entirety Is Ancient Greek

Greek Reporter ^ | July 30, 2025 | Tasos Kokkinidis

[HereInTheHeartland]

Lyrics translated to:

“Me an Earl was haulin’ chickens
ona Flat bed outta’ Wiggins
And we ‘as spent all night
on the uphill side
of 37 miles o’ hell
called Wolf Creek Pass... Which is up on the Great Divide.
We was sittin’ there suckin’ toothpicks
Drinkin’ Nehis an’ onion soup mix,
An’ I says Earl, let’s mail a card to mother
and send them chickens on down t’other side,
Yeah let’s giv’em a ride.

Chorus- Wolf Creek Pass
way up on the Great Divide
Truckin’ on down the other side.

Well Earl put down his bottle
An’ mashed his foot down on the throttle
Then a couple of boobs
and a thousand cubes
of a 1948 peterbuilt screamed t’ life.
We woke up the chickens.
We roared on off of that shoulder
sprayin’ pinecones, rocks, and boulders,
and put 400 head
of them Rhode Island Red
and a couple of burned out roosters on the line.
Look out below cuz here we go.”

[dfwgator]

“All we are is dust in the wind.....”

[Red Badger]

LOL!..........................

[Red Badger]

XCIX bottles of beer on the wall.................

[P.O.E.]

“Oh, the monkey wrapped his tail around the flagpole....”

[SunkenCiv]

Orrr, MIM for 1999, so, IC bottles of beer on the wall...

[Red Badger]

IC bottles of beer on the wall...

IC, I drink .............

[central_va]

Toga toga toga!