<P> By the mid-20th century, the song appears to have already become widely known . In 1931, the Elmira Star Gazette, a newspaper in upstate New York, reported that at a Boy Scout gathering at Seneca Lake, as scouts entered the mess hall "Troop 18 soon burst into the first camp song,' John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith ."' A 1941 Milwaukee Journal article also refers to the song, with the same alternate spelling of "John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith ." </P> <P> The song can be sung in an infinite loop, like "The Song That Never Ends", "My Name is Jan Jansen", "Michael Finnegan", or "99 Bottles of Beer". </P> <P> Versions of this song also appear in other languages, such as the Spanish rendition; "Juan Paco Pedro de la Mar". </P> <Ul> <Li> Daddy Dewdrop dropped a version of the song, entitled "John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith", as the B - side to his 1971 single, "Chick - A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)". </Li> </Ul>

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