Emerson's Mountaineers sing the title song in this soundie.
Soundies were short films, about three minutes in length. The were meant to be played on a machine called a Mills Panoram, a video jukebox that was typically to be found in bars, lounges, and similar venues. You put a dime in and got a performance from the ten on the machine. The movies would be changed weekly, and from 1940 through 1946, Mills and other companies produced more than two thousand soundies.
"Little Brown Jug" was written in 1869 by a Philadelphian named Joseph Eastburn Winner. Glen Miller had a hit recording of it in 1939. The version in this soundie is not sophisticated, but it is fun.