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Found a Spike Jones song tonight called "I'll Never Work There Anymore". It's a variation on an older song called "I Used to Work in Chicago", which was popularized by Larry Vincent in the mid-1940s. The problem is there are varying stories about the origins of this song. Some credit Vincent, while others say it's a drinking song that had been floating around for years before Vincent got hold of it. There are numerous recordings of the song, with varying lyrics, all with the same style (hilarious plays on words and varying degrees of sexual innuendo). Does anyone have info on the true origins of this? Apparently it's even become popular among some rugby fans in the UK