> something i found on the net, now we should all be clear on this, huh??
> ARTIST: Merry Macs
> TITLE: Mairzy Doats
>
>
> Words and music by Milton Drake, AI Hoffman and Jerry Livingston
>
> I know a ditty nutty as a fruitcake
> Goofy as a goon and silly as a loon
> Some call it pretty, others call it crazy
> But they all sing this tune
>
> {Refrain}
> Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
> A kiddledy divey doo, wooden shoe
>
> {Refrain}
>
> 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!
> {Refrain}
>
> A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you

Wow. Now that's a really old song. The last time I heard of it was a reference in a book of humorous graffiti. There was a sign on a building saying MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD, and someone wrote underneath, "And little lambs eat ivy".