Genealogy Song: ‘I Think I Hear a Woodpecker Knocking at My Family Tree’

By Thomas Jay Kemp on August 15, 2013

“I Think I Hear a Woodpecker Knocking at My Family Tree” is probably the funniest genealogy song you will ever hear. Written by composer Joseph Edgar Howard (1878-1961), this genealogy song has been popular since it was written back in 1909. A copy of the original sheet music for this piece was put online... (Read More)