Hello.

I have a song stuck in my head and I only know some lyrics, unfortunately not enough to find out the name of the song. I think it's a Doris Day song but I am not sure. Anyways, these are the lyrics I kinda sorta have...

"Dosey'Do's and billy goats and little lambs..(a divey?)

Something something something, wouldn't you?"

Any help on what the name of this song is and where I can find it would be appreciated. Thank you.

any chance its that Mares eat oats and goats eat oats and little lambs eat ivy song?\


From wikipedia
Mairzy Doats is a novelty song composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston. It was first played on radio station, WOR New York, by Al Trace and his Silly Symphonists. The song made the pop charts several times, with a version by the Merry Macs reaching No. 1 in March 1944. In addition to its success on the home front, it was also a hit with American servicemen overseas, who allegedly used its nonsensical lyrics as passwords.

At first glance, the song's refrain, as written on the sheet music, seems to be meaningless:

    Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
    A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
    Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
    A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?

However, the lyrics of the bridge provide a clue:

    If the words sound queer and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey,
    Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy."

With this aid, the refrain is quite easily comprehended, and the ear will detect the hidden message of the final line: "A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?"

any chance its that Mares eat oats and goats eat oats and little lambs eat ivy song?\


From wikipedia
Mairzy Doats is a novelty song composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston. It was first played on radio station, WOR New York, by Al Trace and his Silly Symphonists. The song made the pop charts several times, with a version by the Merry Macs reaching No. 1 in March 1944. In addition to its success on the home front, it was also a hit with American servicemen overseas, who allegedly used its nonsensical lyrics as passwords.

At first glance, the song's refrain, as written on the sheet music, seems to be meaningless:

    Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
    A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
    Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
    A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?

However, the lyrics of the bridge provide a clue:

    If the words sound queer and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey,
    Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy."

With this aid, the refrain is quite easily comprehended, and the ear will detect the hidden message of the final line: "A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?"


THAT'S THE ONE! Thanks a lot. It's a catchy diddy.

YAY ME!!!

Hello.

I have a song stuck in my head and I only know some lyrics, unfortunately not enough to find out the name of the song. I think it's a Doris Day song but I am not sure. Anyways, these are the lyrics I kinda sorta have...

"Dosey'Do's and billy goats and little lambs..(a divey?)

Something something something, wouldn't you?"

Any help on what the name of this song is and where I can find it would be appreciated. Thank you.


I thought it was "goats eat coats"...it made sense to me!

In Woody Allen's "Radio Days" that song is used for the memory of one of his neighbors having a nervous breakdown and chasing people with meat cleaver!
:D