"He May Be Old, But He's Got Young Ideas" was a popular song, originally published in 1916. It was written by Howard Johnson

Howard Johnson (lyricist)

Howard Johnson was a song lyricist. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.Songwriter , author and lyricist, Johnson was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and died in New York, New York. He was educated in high school and in private music study...

, Alex Gerber and Harry Jentes. It was released both as sheet music

Sheet music

Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols; like its analogs—books, pamphlets, etc.—the medium of sheet music typically is paper , although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens...

 and was recorded by several popular singers. Today, the most famous version is a 1916 version by Billy Murray

Billy Murray (singer)

William Thomas "Billy" Murray was one of the most popular singers in the United States in the early decades of the 20th century...

, whose version has entered the public domain

Public domain

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Billy Murray Version

The Billy Murray version was released by Victor Records in 1916, and there appear to be two different versions of it, one known as the "rare" version. Both versions can be found on various websites such as the internet archive

Internet Archive

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External links

• Website with public domain version of the song by Bully Murray