# The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down has words! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472 "2005-09-20T01:49:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/1 "2005-09-20T01:49:50Z")
Don’t ask me how I know the name of the song that’s played at the end of many Looney Tunes cartoons is called The Merry-Go\_Round Broke Down. Mostly because I don’t know how I know this. But just now I heard a vinyl recording of a 1930’s recording of it and. . . it has words! Now I’ve got to know. . . what’s the name of the song that Little Red Riding Hood sings? _My father’s still in the factory 'Cuz he don’t know what tiiiiiiiime it happens ta be!_ or the one the vulture? sings. _If I could be with you here tonight. Ayuck a tuck a tuck eyyyye!_ Come on, you gotta know what I’m talking about! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/2 "2005-09-20T01:56:09Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Don’t ask me how I know the name of the song that’s played at the end of many Looney Tunes cartoons is called The Merry-Go\_Round Broke Down. Mostly because I don’t know how I know this. But just now I heard a vinyl recording of a 1930’s recording of it and. . . it has words! > Now I’ve got to know. . . what’s the name of the song that Little Red Riding Hood sings? > _My father’s still in the factory > 'Cuz he don’t know what tiiiiiiiime it happens ta be!_ > > or the one the vulture? sings. > _If I could be with you here tonight. > Ayuck a tuck a tuck eyyyye!_ > Come on, you gotta know what I’m talking about! the lyrics to Merry Go Round Broke Down are also heard in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (unless those were made up lyrics) Red sings “Five O’Clock Whistle” the only lyrics I know are the ones in the cartoon "The Five OClock Whistle’s on the brink The Whistle Won’t Blow and whaddaya think My Papa’s still in the factory Cause he don’t know what tiiiiiiiiiime it happpens t’ be and the vulture sings If I could be with you an hour tonight which also Bugs and his rival sing while both getting ready for a date with a pretty girl bunny who has been grocery shopping (exploding chocolates, Bugs pretending to be the girl, the rival is a bit of a doofus…) i can remember the melody very well, but the lyrics and the title elude me ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/3 "2005-09-20T01:58:55Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Don’t ask me how I know the name of the song that’s played at the end of many Looney Tunes cartoons is called The Merry-Go\_Round Broke Down. Mostly because I don’t know how I know this. But just now I heard a vinyl recording of a 1930’s recording of it and. . . it has words! OK… now WHAT are the words? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/4 "2005-09-20T02:05:57Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > OK… now WHAT are the words? 🆒 I haven’t ever heard it sung, but I guess [these](http://www.lyricsvault.net/songs/18311.html) are them. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/5 "2005-09-20T02:11:24Z")
> [@Loopus](#): > > I haven’t ever heard it sung, but I guess [these](http://www.lyricsvault.net/songs/18311.html) are them. Yeup, that’s them. Only the merry-go-round didn’t say stuff. It just made that broken down merry-go-round sound. You know, that darndest sound. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/6 "2005-09-20T02:25:23Z")
Tread with care in the vineyards of our copyright overlords. I recently got moderated (my first time evuh!) for posting the entire lyric of an obscure song from the early 1930s. If anybody cares to do a little looking around, you’ll find Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington both did fine recordings of _The Five O’Clock Whistle_. A bunch of the big bands did _The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down_, but the only version I can recall off hand is Dick Jurgens’, with the band doing carnival patter, clarinets imitating a calliope, and other such fun. Since none of you are **Eve** , I’ll assume you may not know that Warners used their cartoon division to plug their music division at every opportunity. Before _Merrie Melodies_ had running characters, they were basically miniature musicals built around Warners songs…thus titles like _Go Into Your Dance, September in the Rain, Have You Got Any Castles Baby?_, etc. Some of these were great fun, especially those supervised by the ingenious Friz Freleng. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/7 "2005-09-20T03:17:28Z")
I believe Daffy performs the song in a vintage Looney Tune. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/8 "2005-09-20T03:51:30Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > I believe Daffy performs the song in a vintage Looney Tune. He does but it’s not quite the same as the original. Daffy sings that he works the merry-go-round, at least he did until it broke down. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/9 "2005-09-20T16:23:30Z")
Bump to see if daytime people know the name of the vulture song. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/10 "2005-09-20T16:28:07Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Bump to see if daytime people know the name of the vulture song. Almost positive the vulture (Beaky Buzzard) sings “Blues In the Night,” and then Bugs Bunny follows along when he sings “A ho-witta-ho-wit, a buzzard is two-faced” to the same tune. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/11 "2005-09-20T16:49:13Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Almost positive the vulture (Beaky Buzzard) sings “Blues In the Night,” and then Bugs Bunny follows along when he sings “A ho-witta-ho-wit, a buzzard is two-faced” to the same tune. Nope, not Blues in the Night. That’s the “My momma done tole me” song. The song I’m thinking about is different. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/12 "2005-09-20T17:11:17Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > Since none of you are **Eve** , I’ll assume you may not know that Warners used their cartoon division to plug their music division at every opportunity. Before _Merrie Melodies_ had running characters, they were basically miniature musicals built around Warners songs…thus titles like _Go Into Your Dance, September in the Rain, Have You Got Any Castles Baby?_, etc. Some of these were great fun, especially those supervised by the ingenious Friz Freleng. It wasn’t a matter of plugging: they were allowed to use WB-owned songs royalty-free. No issues with rights or permissions. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/13 "2005-09-20T19:46:58Z")
[http://kokomo.ca/early\_years/if\_i\_could\_be\_with\_you\_lyrics.htm](http://kokomo.ca/early_years/if_i_could_be_with_you_lyrics.htm) > [@](#): > > If I could be with you one hour tonight, > If I was free to do the things I might, > I’m telling you true, I’d be anything but blue, > If I could be with you. IIRC, Daffy Duck sings those first two lines while saluting to a picture of Gen. McArthur in “Draftee Daffy”. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/14 "2005-09-20T20:06:09Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > If anybody cares to do a little looking around, you’ll find Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington both did fine recordings of _The Five O’Clock Whistle_. I’ve got the Duke version, sung by the wonderful [Ivie Anderson](http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/638/The_Voice_of_Ellington_Ivie_Anderson). [Lyrics here.](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/f/fiveoclockwhistle.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/15 "2005-09-21T00:42:58Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Bump to see if daytime people know the name of the vulture song. I’m sorry, but every time I think of the “vulture song”, I see and hear that damn dumb buzzard singing _I’m bringing home a baby bumble bee Won’t my mama be so proud a’me? I’m bringing home a baby bumble bee Doot doo doot doo doot doo doot doo doot doo doot doo doo._ ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/16 "2005-09-21T03:20:40Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > [http://kokomo.ca/early\_years/if\_i\_could\_be\_with\_you\_lyrics.htmIIRC](http://kokomo.ca/early_years/if_i_could_be_with_you_lyrics.htmIIRC), Daffy Duck sings those first two lines while saluting to a picture of Gen. McArthur in “Draftee Daffy”. I believe we have a winner! Although the version I remember replaces the last two lines with “ayucka tucka tuck eeeeyeee”. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/17 "2005-09-21T03:26:04Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > …Don’t ask me how I know the name of the song that’s played at the end of many Looney Tunes cartoons is called The Merry-Go\_Round Broke Down. Mostly because I don’t know how I know this. But just now I heard a vinyl recording of a 1930’s recording of it and. . . it has words!.. If you were a faithful listener of the _Dr Demento Show_, you’d already have known that. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/18 "2005-09-21T04:03:38Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Bump to see if daytime people know the name of the vulture song. _The Arkansas Traveler_. And he’s a buzzard- Beaky Buzzard, to be precise. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/19 "2005-09-21T13:01:20Z")
Ja, the words in _Roger Rabbitt_\* were made up by Eddie on the spot to distract the weasels. They’re nothing like the lyrics that were posted earlier. But that bit is great. “I’ll kick you in the” “Nose!” ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-merry-go-round-broke-down-has-words/322472/20 "2005-09-21T13:02:40Z")
Heh. Nice coding, putz. :smack: