Reply #7: All the way back to 1905. . . .

[Tansy_Gold]

http://www.virtualvictrola.com/2009/04/in-my-merry-oldsmobile.html


In My Merry Oldsmobile
Probably the most enduring popular song written about the automobile is Gus Edwards' and Vincent Bryan's "In My Merry Oldsmobile," which was written in 1905 and is still recognized by a great many people today:

Young Johnny Steele has an Oldsmobile
He loves his dear little girl
She is the queen of his gas machine
She has his heart in a whirl
Now when they go for a spin, you know,
She tries to learn the auto, so
He lets her steer, while he gets her ear
And whispers soft and low...


Come away with me, Lucille
In my merry Oldsmobile
Down the road of life we'll fly
"Automobubbling," you and I
To the church we'll swiftly steal
Then our wedding bells will peal
You can go as far as you like with me
In my merry Oldsmobile.


(Check out the cartoon on this site!)


And a slightly more modern version -- 1966 Cutlass