Nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh

I would love to know the origin of the phrase:
nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh

Context:
Said in a sing song sort of way often by children it is usually used to gloat about ones superiority in a 'I told you so' kind of way something like this -

John: My house is bigger than yours.
Dave: Oh, I don't think so.
John: How many rooms does yours have?
Dave: Seven, seven rooms.
John: Mine has twelve - nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh...

Some may prefer the spelling to be - nah nah nah nah nah.

In the U.S. a better spelling would be, nyeah - nyeah nyeah nyeah - nyeah. (The rhythm is long, short, short, long, long.) In the key of F, the pitches would be: C - A D C - A. I don't know the origin or age of this expression, but it seems to be pretty universal. I'm guessing it's very old. SS