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"Muskrat Ramble" is a jazz composition written by Kid Ory in 1926. It was first recorded on February 26, 1926 by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, and became the group's most frequently recorded piece.

Owing to a misprint, on its initial release, the tune was titled "Muskat Ramble"

Ory has said that he originally composed the tune in 1921, and that the title was made up by Lil Hardin at the recording session.

Armstrong, on the other hand, has claimed in an interview to have written the tune himself, and that it was Ory who only named it Sidney Bechet has said that it was originally an old Buddy Bolden tune called "The Old Cow Died and the Old Man Cried".

Ray Gilbert wrote lyrics to the originally instrumental tune in 1950. Following a decree by the Classification Committee of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1956, Gilbert is entitled to a third of all performance credits of the tune, both vocal and instrumental.