“Coca Cola went to town, Pepsi Cola shot him down”
A popular children’s chant is:
Coca Cola went to town,
Pepsi Cola shot him down.
Dr. Pepper fixed him up,
Now we all drink 7-Up
“Pepsi-Cola went to town” was cited in print in 1960; the author of the chant is not known. Several verses are often added to the end, usually involving Mountain Dew.
20 January 1960, Richmond (VA) Post-Dispatch, “Charles McDowell Today: A Scene at Breakfast,” pg. 15, col. 2:
Daughter: I’ll have to tell you. Pepsi-Cola went to town—Coca-Cola knocked him down—Seven-Up picked him up—Dr. Pepper fixed him up.
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One Thing After Another
By Charles McDowell
Richmond, VA: Dietz Press
1960
Pg. 97:
Jenny: I’ll have to tell you. Pepsi-Cola went to town — Coca-Cola knocked him down — Seven-Up picked him up — Dr. Pepper fixed him up.
28 March 1967, Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, PA), “The Junior Reporter Club,” pg. 24, col. 4:
The Duel
Sent in by
JOSEPH BROSSO
Appletree
Cocoa Cola came to town.
Pepsi Cola shot him down.
Dr. Pepper nursed him up,
And now he’s drinking 7-Up.
25 June 1971, The Morning Herald - The Evening Standard (Uniontown, PA), “The Junior Reporter Club,” pg. 19, col. 4:
COCO COLA
By CYNTHIA KOPOSKO
Uniontown
Coca Cola went to town,
Pepsi Cola shot him down,
Dr. Pepper fixed him up,
And now they’re drinking 7-Up.
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Mir Publications
1973
Pg. 25:
“coca cola went to town
pepsi cola shot him down
Dr. Pepper fixed it up
and they all had 7 up”
25 March 1977, Havre (MT) Daily News, pg. 4, col. 1:
THE POP POEM
Coke a Cola went to town,
Pepsi Cola shot him down,
Dr. Pepper fixed him up,
And now they’re drinking 7-Up.
Dell McCann
Grade 5
Lincoln-McKinley
12 July 1981, Trenton (NJ) Times, “Poetry Corner,” Funtimes, pg 1, col. 2:
Coca-cola came to town.
Pepsi-cola knocked him down.
Dr. Pepper fixed him up.
Now he looks like Seven-Up.
Dennis York
5th Grade
Wilson Elementary
Hamilton Twp.
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From Abba to Zoom:
A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century
By David Mansour
Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Universal Company
2005
Pg. 262 (KIDDIE CHANTS):
“Coca-Cola went to town / Pepsi-Cola knocked him down / Dr. Pepper fixed him up / Then they all drank Seven-Up.”
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coca cola went to town
MrRigby666
Uploaded on Jul 30, 2011
coca cola went to town
Pepsi cola shot him down
Dr pepper fixed him up
now were drinking 7 up
7 up got the flu
now were drinking mountain dew
mountain dew fell of the mountain
now were drinking cherry fountain
cherry fountain had a stroke
now were back to drinking coke
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The Soda Song
Shattered Haven
Published on Jun 11, 2013
I try to sing my favorite song while my sister trys and ruins me.
Lyrics: ( in case you couldn’t hear )
Im a little coconut
Sittin’ in a coconut tree
Everybody steps on me
That is why im cracked you see
Im a nut what what
Im a nut what what
Im craaazzyyyy
Coca Cola went to town,
Pepsi Cola shot him down
Dr. Pepper fixed him up,
Now we all drink 7-Up
Im a nut what what
Im a nut what what
Im craaazyyyy
Seven up got the flu
Now we all drink Mountain Dew
Mountain dew fell of the mountain
Now we all drink from a fountain
Im a nut what what
Im a nut what what
Im craaazzzzyyy
Fountain water made us choke
Now we all drink diet coke
Diet coke went to lunch
Now we all drink Hawaiian Punch
Im a nut what what
Im a nut what what
Im craazzzzyyy
Hawaiian punch hit the spot
Now this song has got to STOP.
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Cocoa cola went to town
Dancergirlkaija113
Published on Jun 13, 2013
Cocoa cola went to town pepsi cola knocked him down dr pepper fixed him up now in drinking 7 up 7 up caught the flew now i am drinking mt dew mt dew fell off the mountain now i am drinking water fountain water fountain broke…..............now i am drinking coke WORD!!