Merry Macs Mairzy Doats 1944 #1

[DoReMe66]

Im Learning this song in school...We are learning about the 1940s

[bluesborn]

This song reminds me of my parents who were teenagers in the 1940s.When I was in my teens I got into a little spat with my Mom concerning "today's song lyrics". She thought Rock music had silly words.I shut her down pretty quick however by reminding her of this song-one of her favorites! Now as an adult myself I have come to absolutely love these old jazz vocal groups.What a sound.

[thepopeissexy]

memories memories memories

[Mosux2007]

The first time I heard this song was on "Twin Peaks".  Leland Palmer started singing some wack lyrics that I thought he had just invented. Later on I discovered it was this song.

[Wodanaz]

@Mosux2007 It was a great moment for poor old Leland.

[ThomasASwilling]

A fun trip down memory lane! Thank you for the chuckle--and for the brief trip back in time! Blessings to you!

[wkrp1530]

Heard my dad sing this song when I was a kid. I never knew what the words meant until today. Very clever and funny. My such old and warm memories. Thanks for the post.

[AdzTurner]

Leland Palmer's version sounds better ;)

[Wodanaz]

@AdzTurner I may upload if it is not on here.

[X09WARockX09]

@AdzTurner Oh yeah! =D It's so great when you hear a song someplace awesome, and one of the top Youtube comments makes a referance to it! XD

[breglad45]

A trifle before even ME but it still brings back memories!

[thornziegler]

First time I heard this was in Eastern France, during the war. My buddies and I had found some pretty poor Bordeaux wine, and were listening to the English dinner broadcast. We laughed and laughed! Shows you can have a laugh amidst horror!

[evoehm13]

OMG i danced to this when i was like 6 in my dace recital, lol memories.

[ofcourse09]

My mom calls me Mairzy Doats all the time! I never realized it was a song! I love my mom. :)

[Gronad]

I prefer the Pied Pipers version, but this ones great to. thanks for posting.

[gaaragirlgo98]

im singing this to the elderly soon at school

[levanyzzuf]

I always figured this was a kid's song, I never knew it was an old-time hit!

[DJsStratoArt]

WWII pilots would sing this over the microphones while in formation on boring missions. :)

[BigDuckKetterer]

OMG!!! I think I'm gonna cry!!! I was 1yr old when this was recorded and I can still remember my dad RIP carrying me on his shoulders in his army uniform and singing this to me !!!! Waaaaa!!!! TenStarsplus !!!!!!! Thank you so much for posting this it made my day hearing it again!!!!!!!

[DJsStratoArt]

Wow that's a cool story! Yeah I'm only a mere 41, and I love this song, I actually love a lot of 40's music. Very nostalgic. Also reveals how are songs were more innocent in that era, compared to today. Can we go back in time?

[IanHunedoara8]

Uncle Jack loved this song and so did a lot of the guys coming out of the sordid battlefields of WW2- just wanted to kick back and enjoy something silly.

[loserfacejanie]

im doin this song for my skools choir

[mikentally]

Oh, I love this song. Reminds me of my dad and his parents singing it to me when I was little. Such a sweet little memory. They would not tell me what it was really saying, though. So, I wondered for quite a while what a kiddle-d-divey was!

[DIANNEELEE]

I am old as dirt so I know what these words mean.

Mare's eat oats

And doe's eat oats

And little lambs eat ivy

A kid'll eat ivy too

wouldn't you?

So forth and so on..... I love this song

[a2n2queen]

My mom used to sing me this song all the time when I was a kid.

[dongpingog]

I got hocked on this song from twin peaks :D

[MrKilr0y]

allthough it sounds like mais eats oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivey, a kid will eat ivey too wouldn't you, the real lyrics are mairzy doats and doezy doats and litle lamzy divey, a kiddley divey too, wooden shoe. lol its called a mondegreen(misheard lyric).

[a2n2queen]

No, it's "Wouldn't you," not "wooden shoe." The rest is true though. I have the sheet music.

"Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey...

A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?"

[prettyparisian]

Lol Stan Laurel plays it on his concertina in 'The Big Noise' lol it's really out of tune though hahaha. Great songs xxxxx

[pdxblueyes]

This reminds me of my Mom. She used to sing this, along with Abba Dabba Honeymoon and Open the Door, Richard.

[missinterpreted65]

i heard shari lewis sing this on lambchops playalong on the tube this morning with my brother :)

[rockabillybaby369]

Love this song. I sing it to my little brother all the time, p.s. im 18 haha

[dockbuilder1456]

my grandma passed a couple of years ago and she would always sing this to me and then tell me about world war 2 when her husband, my grandpa, who i look very much like, was fighting. My parents forgot the name then my summer reading book was all about WWII and it sung this when the war was over. I ran into my moms room and showed her and we started crying. Ah... Memories!

[FyreChaser]

Oh, this song reminds me of my Mom :)

[PrincessDindella]

^-^ My mom sings this song!! I'm 15. :3

[kmcb1967]

My dear dad died this week but as a wee lass I remember him singin this song. WWII veteran. Let them be praised. He was so young...

[cinchy2]

One of my Moms favorites songs she sang it to us kids.

[kmcb1967]

Excellent! I remember too!!

[SkyePieStar08]

my gran used to sing this song to us when we were wee (:

[nynypeenut]

I remember hearing this as an infant.1955

[WeLWets]

i first heard this tune watching twin peaks ages ago ^^ ,.. it was leland palmer singing this :)

[xXDare2PeekXx]

For our winter chorus concert, we sung this, so much fun! <3

-Taylor

[sonia094]

Mares eat oats, and does eat oat, and little lambs eat ivy. A kid'll eat ivy too. Wouldn't you?

[adler234639]

Only if Ivy was hot.

[LaddyDongdegs]

How about Poison Ivy?

[yonsaf1]

@sonia094

This was t he first song I ever learned from the radio, back when it came out and I was less than 3.

[lizardchicka]

This is a Fun song.

[dudemantwo]

Who wrote this?

[arniearnsted]

Milton Drake

[VealParmigiana]

One of my favorite songs and The Innocents did my favorite version of this song.

[laceystephend]

Great! I Love it.

[azure8472]

This tune played during the dancing fish scene at the end of Laurel & Hardy's 1944 The Big Noise. Best moment in cinema ever!

Thanks so much for uploading.

[carlmoore19]

I did an electronic version of this (no singing -- had to use organ waveform instead). Web site having it is found using keywords "carl moore music".

[bearcub410]

born too late thanks

[JenSweet01]

Wow. My grandpa used to sing this song when I was a kid. This is the first time I've ever heard anyone elso sing it but I was able to follow along note for note. Thanks for the sentimental journey...no wait, that's another song all together :)

[daddt999]

I'm beginning to think my Dad made up the lyrics afterlistening to this old recording.

[daddt999]

what about.....

(Birds eat bugs and bugs eat birds and little dogs eat liver.)

That's the way my dad sang it to me along with all the other lyrics. Has anyone ever come across that version.

[88tigersoul88]

Wow...My mom would sing this to us when we were little critters..Thanks!

[VerdiMezzo]

My Grandma used to sing this to us all the time. Thank you so much for the memory!

[rlakavage]

Love it! Thanks for posting it. Now I have to go find a copy I can buy.

[Trumpetplayer60076]

GREAT!! Thanks for posting.

[Masterpie13]

We had to listen to this for class because it was in a book we are reading called "Lily's Crossing".

[Magretka]

I have looked for this song about half a year. At last I found it. Many thanks for posting.

[azure8472]

You can download it on Amazon or iTunes...the hard part for me was figuring out the name of the song!

[MIKEPREAMP]

I know of a musician who was so impressed by this song, that he named his daughter "Mairzy". Yes, her middle name is "Doats"

[azure8472]

Not a bad first name actually! Her friends' grandparents must be in awe :)

[CalJennings]

I love this! I remember it from my childhood.

[MIKEPREAMP]

Very good sound for a vintage recording.

[thejustinmiller]

It might be off the CD "Mairzy Doats 44 Wacky Hits"... which is, of course, a Clean CD quality recording of this song and MANY others from this period of time!

[PhilFeedback]

Awesome!!!! Thanks for posting this

[shandy46]

sweet <3