Bigg Red wrote:
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Yes.
Mairziedoats and doziedoats and little lamsydivie....
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I heard it that way also!
AI says:
You’re thinking of the 1943 novelty hit “Mairzy Doats,” which sounds like nonsense until you “translate” the phonetic lyrics into plain English.
“Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy” is a well-known English language nursery rhyme and tongue-twister
Original Release: Composed by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston in 1943.
Famous Version: The Merry Macs recorded the most famous version in 1944, which became a #1 hit.
Re: I heard it that way also!
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It was intended to be that way. Later on in the song there’s a verse that goes like this (from memory, so I may be a little off):
Well, it may sound queer
And funny to your ear,
A little bit jumbled and jivey.
But it’s mares eat oats
And does eat oats,
And little lambs eat ivy.