The horn comes from The Dukes of Hazzard, the American television series that ran from 1979 to 1985 and followed cousins Bo and Luke Duke in Hazzard County, Georgia. Their car, the General Lee, was a 1969 Dodge Charger fitted with a musical horn that played the opening notes of Dixie, a nineteenth-century song. The sound became closely linked to the show's high-speed chases and became a popular novelty horn for real cars. Online, it is shared as a short clip for memes, car videos and nostalgic edits, keeping the tune familiar to viewers who never saw the original series.