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MAIRZY DOATS

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(Al Hoffman/Milton Drake/Jerry Livingston)
(o):Al Trace & his Silly Symphonists (1944)label: Hit
 Alias Al Hoffman. Introduced on radio and intrigued instantly: Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey. A kiddley divey too. Wouldn't you? The own refrain gives the answer: Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy. A kid 'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you. Inspired by Al Hoffman's four year old daughter who came home with a similar phrase. The line "A ditty nutty as a fruitcake, goofy/screwy as a goon and silly as a loon" came from I'm Nuts About Screwy Music (see there).
(c):Merry Macs (1944) [n°1 US], Stan Laurel (1944) [in film The Big Noise], Raymond Scott (1944) , Lawrence Welk (1944) , Pied Pipers (1944) , Ambrose (1944) [vocal: Anne Shelton], Carroll Gibbons (1944) , Andrews Sisters (1944) [on V-disc], Mitch Miller (1953) , Spike Jones (1950s) , Tommy Ridgley (1958) , Dodie Stevens (1959) , Carlo (1963) [rock version; part of The Belmonts], Innocence (1967) [hit US], Claude François (1970) [as Quand rien ne va plus], Maria Muldaur (1998) , Chas & Dave (2001) [as Mairzy Doats And Dozy Doats],
 
Hoffman also wrote If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake.
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