Something I remember from my childhood back in the 50's....we just knew the chorus...but added the rest of the words just because I wanted to know what they were if there were any.
Here's some silly lyrics:
Mairzy Doats
I know a ditty, nutty as a fruitcake
goofy as a goon silly as a loon
Some call it pretty others call it crazy
but they all sing this tune:
Chorus:
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wooden shoe?Yes!
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wooden shoe?
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"
Oh!
Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you--oo? A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
(a kidd will eat ivy too wouldn't you?)
This was 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. A success on the home front, it was also a hit with American servicemen overseas, who allegedly used its nonsensical lyrics as passwords.