POSTED Thursday, June 18, 2009 --- 5:00 p.m.

Richard Trentlage, writer of the famous Oscar Mayer wiener jingle, will donate the banjo-ukulele used to create the "Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener…" song to the Wisconsin Historical Museum at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, June 20, on the first floor of the Wisconsin Historical Museum on Madison's Capitol Square.

Trentlage will be accompanied by his daughter Linda, who performed on the original recording of the jingle. Due to Richard's arthritis, Madison musician Scott Lamps will play the tune on the banjo-uke for one last time before it is formally accessioned as a museum artifact and never played again.

Trentlage wrote the jingle in 1962 as part of a contest held by Oscar Mayer's advertising agency. The tune has been a staple of American culture and is one of the most memorable corporate jingles of all time. Wisconsin Historical Museum Deputy Director Jennifer Kolb will be on hand to accept the donation into the collection.

The lyrics of the original tune are as follows: "Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener/That is what I'd truly like to be/'Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener/Everyone would be in love with me."

The museum is located on Capitol Square in Madison at 30 N Carroll St. and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is by donation: $4 per adult, $3 per child (under 18) or $10 per family. Call (608) 264-6555 for more information, or visit us online at www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum.