A Blog of Bosh

This week’s nonsense song has much in common with The Owl and the Pussy-cat; Aba Daba Honeymoon is another happy story of love and marriage, in this case between primates. It was written by Arthur Fields and Walter Donovan and brought to success by Ruth Roye, Princess of Ragtime, in 1914. The version I am [...]

Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston, authors of last week’s Mairzy Doats, later teamed up with Mack David to form a trio specializing in nonsense songs: theirs are the famours Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo from Walt Disney’s Cinderella (1950) as well as The Unbirthday Party from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (1951).
Before these songs, the first [...]

I’m also resuming the Nonsense Lyrics from the 1940s series after the hiatus due to the site hacking. This week Mairzy Doats ( words and music by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston. Miller Music Corp., NYC, 1943) in Al Trace’s 1944 version.

MAIRZY DOATS
Al Trace
Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and little lambsy divey
A kiddle [...]

I am starting a new podcast of songs with nonsense lyrics, to be posted on Fridays.
The first is Sam Gaillard, a specialist, with Ra-da-da-da (1942).