On Top of Spaghetti

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On Top of Spaghetti is a well-known ballad and children's song written and originally performed by folk singer Tom Glazer in 1963. The song is sung to the tune of On Top Of Old Smoky. The song is essentially the tale of a meatball that was lost when "somebody sneezed". The song discusses what happens to the meatball after it was lost. A group of children sing the chorus in the original recording.

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