--- title: 10-Year-Old Yodeling Boy at Walmart Is a Viral Sensation description: A young boy by the name of Mason Ramsey has become a widespread viral sensation thanks to a video of him yodeling at Walmart in a bowtie. canonical: https://time.com/5225039/walmart-yodeling-boy-video-goes-viral/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-02T18:07:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:50.174Z og:title: The Internet Has Fallen Hard For This 10-Year-Old Boy Yodeling at Walmart og:description: It'll be the song of spring, summer, fall and winter. og:url: https://time.com/5225039/walmart-yodeling-boy-video-goes-viral/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45b379ae2a3a707f/698929430a4a22aa7d9d1efe/gettyimages-460935458.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4642 og:image:height: 2611 og:image:alt: US-CRIME-SHOOTING-CHILDREN og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Has Fallen Hard For This 10-Year-Old Boy Yodeling at Walmart twitter:description: It'll be the song of spring, summer, fall and winter. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45b379ae2a3a707f/698929430a4a22aa7d9d1efe/gettyimages-460935458.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Has Fallen Hard For This Boy Yodeling at Walmart > Sponsored content. 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In 50 stores across the U.S._ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 2, 2018 6:07 PM UTC  A Walmart store is seen in Landover, Maryland, Dec. 31, 2014. A Walmart store is seen in Landover, Maryland, Dec. 31, 2014. Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 2, 2018 6:07 PM UTC On occasion, there is a moment so pure and random that it catapults a young star onto the viral stage. This is that occasion. Meet “Walmart boy” or “Walmart kid” a.k.a. Mason Ramsey. He’s the adorable young music man who surprised Walmart shoppers by busting out a stellar yodel at a store in Harrisburg, Illinois. Tapping his foot to his own beat in a red bow tie, this jubilant prodigy has charmed a ton of people far and wide. Online, the footage is a smash hit. The original tweet with the video, filmed March 24, has been [retweeted more than 50,000 times.](https://twitter.com/dumbassvegan/status/978650667094040576) “I want the yodeling Walmart kid to sing at my funeral,” user Emma wrote, and the praise only got higher from there. This will not only be the song of spring 2018 but of summer and fall 2018, too. Below, the evidence. > [](https://twitter.com/norahsilv/status/980860181323112448) > [](https://twitter.com/raqueljoglarr/status/980861016572604416) > [](https://twitter.com/YungBidenette/status/980860071100993539) > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fpetty%5Fcrocker/status/980860064524390400) > [](https://twitter.com/yummyyemma/status/980860905247461377) The internet already produced mashups. > [](https://twitter.com/slaymerexha/status/980106500134727685) > [](https://twitter.com/corythedrummerr/status/980860160280289282) Start April off correctly by checking out more of his musical stylings below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5225039/walmart-yodeling-boy-video-goes-viral/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5225039/walmart-yodeling-boy-video-goes-viral/"},"headline":"The Internet Has Fallen Hard For This Boy Yodeling at Walmart","datePublished":"2018-04-02T18:07:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:02:50.174Z","description":"It'll be the song of spring, summer, fall and winter","url":"https://time.com/5225039/walmart-yodeling-boy-video-goes-viral/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45b379ae2a3a707f/698929430a4a22aa7d9d1efe/gettyimages-460935458.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45b379ae2a3a707f/698929430a4a22aa7d9d1efe/gettyimages-460935458.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-CRIME-SHOOTING-CHILDREN","caption":"Kid goes viral for Walmart dance video.","creditText":"Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5225039/walmart-yodeling-boy-video-goes-viral/","name":"The Internet Has Fallen Hard For This Boy Yodeling at Walmart"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Walmart Tests Shelf-Scanning Robots","description":"In 50 stores across the U.S.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0ZpibfRQ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-04-02T20:03:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0ZpibfRQ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5225039/walmart-yodeling-boy-video-goes-viral/","duration":"PT50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5225039/walmart-yodeling-boy-video-goes-viral/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```