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RadishRose said:
My father used to sing that! I had no idea what it meant, LOL!
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I got curious after you mentioned it.
This just in from Wikipedia....

""Shave and a Haircut" and the associated response "two bits" is a seven-note musical call-and-response couplet, riff or fanfare popularly used at the end of a musical performance, usually for comedic effect. It is used melodically or rhythmically, for example as a door knocker.

"Two bits" is a term in the United States and Canada for 25 cents, equivalent to a U.S. quarter. "Four bits" and "Six bits" are also occasionally used, for example in the cheer "Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar." The final words may also be "get lost", "drop dead" (in Australia),[citation needed] or some other facetious expression. In the UK, it was often said as "five bob" (slang for five shillings), although words are now rarely used to accompany the rhythm or the tune.
 
OldFeller said:
I got curious after you mentioned it.
This just in from Wikipedia....

""Shave and a Haircut" and the associated response "two bits" is a seven-note musical call-and-response couplet, riff or fanfare popularly used at the end of a musical performance, usually for comedic effect. It is used melodically or rhythmically, for example as a door knocker.

"Two bits" is a term in the United States and Canada for 25 cents, equivalent to a U.S. quarter. "Four bits" and "Six bits" are also occasionally used, for example in the cheer "Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar." The final words may also be "get lost", "drop dead" (in Australia),[citation needed] or some other facetious expression. In the UK, it was often said as "five bob" (slang for five shillings), although words are now rarely used to accompany the rhythm or the tune.
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Shave and a haircut
2 bits
Who's the barber
Tom Mix
When dja get it
Last night
How's dya like it
All right.

Now, I don't know if this was a real song, or my father made it up. But it was all before our time. Tom Mix was an actor who played cowboys.
 
RadishRose said:
Shave and a haircut
2 bits
Who's the barber
Tom Mix
When dja get it
Last night
How's dya like it
All right.

Now, I don't know if this was a real song, or my father made it up. But it was all before our time. Tom Mix was an actor who played cowboys.
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I did find an article that showed at least a couple versions of this longer verse.

One mentioned that Tom Mix but in this one, it mentioned who he married and the fact that they had a baby .

Shave and a haircut, two bits,
Who got married? Tom Mix,
Who did he marry? Ann O’Shea,
How is the baby? OK!

That's known as throwing a baby into the Mix.
 
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