“I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama Doin’ Those Beat-o, Beat-o Flat-On-My-Seat-o, Hirohito Blues”

—  Hoagy Carmichael

1947 song title, generally agreed to be the longest title of any commercially published song.

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