Poopa Trooper of Denver H3 taught me this after she moved here from Ithaca, New York. I try to always introduce this exactly the same way (and thus eventually this introduction may become a part of the “song”):

“And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it's time once again for the Infamous Ithaca Down-Down Song:”

Yes, it's a case of complicating things for their own sake.

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