Skidamarink is a very popular children's song with a long history. It was originally the grand finale song of the 1910 Broadway musical, "The Echo." Since the title is gibberish, it has had various spellings over the years.
Though the original musical only lasted a few months, the song endured and was re-popularized in the 1950s by Jimmy Durante.
The song began appearing on many song collections for children's shows in the 1980s. The most popular versions were by the Australian show Bananas in Pyjamas, and the Canadian show The Elephant Show.
Several years after the conclusions of The Elephant Show, in the late 1990s, the original performers on that show, Sharon, Lois & Bram, briefly had their own show titled, Skinnamarink TV.
The song was also popularized in Britain as a potty training song, this is most likely the most popular version of the song.
"Skidamarink" appears in an advertisement for the Chevrolet Cruze in the United States.
Otto Brandenburg's Danish Christmas song Søren Banjomus, is based on "Skidamarink", with accompanying "danglified" versions of the gibberish.