Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p ""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.The song's refrain, as written on the sheet music, seems meaningless:Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy diveyA kiddley divey too, Wooden shoe!"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."This hint allows the ear to translate the final line as "[a] kid'll eat ivy, too, wouldn't you?""@en }
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- Mairzy_Doats abstract ""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.The song's refrain, as written on the sheet music, seems meaningless:Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy diveyA kiddley divey too, Wooden shoe!"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."This hint allows the ear to translate the final line as "[a] kid'll eat ivy, too, wouldn't you?"".