[Mier]

Mairzy doats and dozy doats
And liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn’t you?
Yes! Mairzy doats and dozy doats
and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn’t you?

Mares eat oats and does eat oats
and little lambs eat ivy,
a kid will eat ivy too, wouldn’t you?
If the words sound queer and funny to your ears,
a little bit jumbled and jivey,
Well mares eat oats and does eat oats
and little lambs eat ivy,
a kid will eat ivy too, wouldn’t you?

I haven’t heard that song since I was a kid and I never knew
what it meant until now. You cleared that up for me! I always thought it was a mumbo jumbo British song or something? They talk weird any way!

[annieokie]

I used to sing that to my kids all the time, and they learned it as well.

One day, many years later, my daughter called me and said, "MOM, do you know what that song says?"

Me: well yes.

Her: "why didn't you tell us?"

Me: "So that one day you too would have that AHA moment" that was the fun of it all.

So now you know, isn't it fun?