" Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp) " is a novelty song
recorded by Allan Sherman. The melody is taken from the ballet Dance of the
Hours from the opera La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli, while the lyrics
were written by Sherman and Lou Busch.
Allan based the lyrics on letters of complaint which he received from his son
Robert who was attending Camp Champlain, a summer camp in Westport, New York.
In 2020, the song was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in
the United States National Recording Registry for being "culturally,
historically, or aesthetically significant".