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“Mairzy Doats” is a novelty song written and composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston. It contains lyrics that make no sense as written, but are near homophones of meaningful phrases. The song's title, for example, is a homophone of "Mares eat oats".
Schefler named her for the novelty song "Mairzy Doats" made popular in a 1943 recording by bandleader Al Trace. [ 1 ] Trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Horatio Luro , in 1981, Mairzy Doates competed successfully at racetracks in Florida , California and New York before going to Tokyo , Japan in November where she beat an ...
Pages in category "Songs with lyrics by Milton Drake" ... Mairzy Doats; N. Nina Never Knew This page was last edited on 9 February 2018, at 20:06 (UTC ...
The Merry Macs continued to score on the hit parade; their version of "Mairzy Doats" was a best-seller. Garland, who later married Judd McMichael, remained with the group for two decades. Imogene Lynn was the group's female lead singer in 1946–1947. [4] [5]
"This over-to-soon video serves up songs, songs [and more] songs - fast, slow, silly and soulful- from "Skip to My Loo" and "Mairzy Doats" to "Jump Josie" and "We're All Together Again" - plus rhythmic finger and word play and bits of business with "Elephant", the group's mascot, who has to be persuaded that camping is fun...
Many use unusual lyrics, subjects, sounds, or instrumentation, and may not even be musical. For example, the 1966 novelty song "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!", by Napoleon XIV, has little music and is set to a rhythm tapped out on a snare drum, a tambourine, and the bare sides of the musicians' legs.
The opening credits to last night’s broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” told viewers they’d get to see something they really like: a new short film from Please Don’t Destroy, the small ...
According to the Fables Encyclopedia, any similarity between her and the title of the song Mairzy Doats is likely coincidental. [4] Col. Thunderfoot: A rabbit colonel who was cursed to remain a human until a female rabbit could love him back. Bill Willingham cites Watership Down as the inspiration for this character. [17] Miss Silkytail, a ...