ITouch music playlist not keeping order

Have an older iTouch that I use as a music player. I have a playlist of 50 songs and when I set it up on iTunes and transfer it to the iTouch the order is not maintained..
In fact when I disconnect the iTouch and look at the order it's doesn't seem to be in any particular order. Certainly not the order that I want.
Help appreciated.

I couldn't agree more. I, too, have been an Apple/Mac user from the beginning. This seemed like such an elementary issue that I was convinced I was missing something simple. Evidently not, based on your experience and the response I got from tech support. I encourage you to report this issue in "feedback" http://www.apple.com/feedback/ and maybe Apple will fix it in a software update.
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