# What were the words to the "Looney Tunes" Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258 "2004-05-09T03:48:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/1 "2004-05-09T03:48:09Z")
I know that Daffy Duck, and Bugs Bunny both sang this song, but apart from that have very little to go on. The only part I know for sure is a line of Daffy’s “Please pass the Ketchup, I think its going to rain” I am also pretty sure that both characters sang a part {paraphrased}“Im so looney, tuney… Im a looney tuney…” If any one knows the full words, please let me know. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/2 "2004-05-09T03:53:38Z")
I think this is what you are looking for: Oh people call me Daffy They think that I am goony Ah just because I’m happy is no sign I’m looney tooney Oh when they say I’m nutsy It sure gives me a pain Please pass the ketchup I think its going to rain Oh you can’t bounce a meatball Though try with all your might Ah turn on the radio I want to fly a kite Good evening friends ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/3 "2004-05-09T04:08:20Z")
So bugs never sang it? and Im curious, how did you know that, and did you Memorize it? More importantly for a follow up…WHY!? ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/4 "2004-05-09T04:10:23Z")
I just found it by a quick internet search. It was not a 100% reliable source, but that is what I found. ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/5 "2004-05-09T04:17:24Z")
Here we go, a more reputable[source.](http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/lyrics.html) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/6 "2004-05-09T06:20:25Z")
The tune is called “The Merry Go Round Broke Down”, and Roger Rabbit sings it in his movie too. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/7 "2004-05-09T07:50:30Z")
Dave Franklin and Cliff Friend co-wrote **The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down** in 1937. Here are the original lyrics: * * * The merry-go-round broke down, As we went 'round and 'round. Each time 'twould miss, We’d steal a kiss, And the merry-go-round went… The merry-go-round broke down, And made the darndest sound. The lights went low, We both said, “Oh!”, And the merry-go-round went… Oh, what fun, a wonderful time, Finding love for only a dime. The merry-go-round broke down, But you don’t see me frown. Things turned out fine, And now she’s mine, 'Cause the merry-go-round went… ## The merry-go-round broke down. Each place where there’s an ellipsis (…) the melody simulates a broken calliope. ---
**Author:** ![nealbaer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@nealbaer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nealbaer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/8 "2018-09-19T02:58:57Z")
All the world was gay, swinging on its way/ Things were looking brighter day by day/ Nothin’ ever wrong, life was just a song/ Till that Looney Tune came along/Ohhhhhh, I’m going cuckoo, woo-woo!/ Here comes the choo-choo, woo-woo!/ I’m so gooney, Looney Tuney, tetched in the head/ Please pass the ketchup, I think I’ll go to bed!/ Am I the screwball, woo-woo/ Throw me the eightball, woo-woo/ Once I knew a thing or two/now I’m a buckaroo/ Hinky-dinky parlais… vous-woo! ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/9 "2018-09-19T04:48:04Z")
Huh, I never noticed that the meter of the Merry-Go-Round Broke Down is basically the same as a limerick. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/10 "2018-09-19T05:10:16Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. Note that this was started in 2004. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/11 "2018-09-19T05:34:35Z")
Down through the years: ["The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" Through the Years! (Looney Tunes) - UPDATED! - YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XwiQVKOrejo) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/12 "2018-09-19T14:43:02Z")
This is Bugs’ theme song. oooooo We’re the boys of the chorus We hope you like our show We know you’re rootin’ for us But now we have to goooooo 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/13 "2018-09-19T14:50:22Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > This is Bugs’ theme song. > > oooooo > We’re the boys of the chorus > We hope you like our show > We know you’re rootin’ for us > But now we have to goooooo > > 🙂 Not his theme song-just the jingle to a commercial/intro that he supposedly sang for a television show, on an episode about his supposed life story. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/14 "2018-09-19T15:15:06Z")
Overture, curtain, lights! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6GpbY8df3Zo/maxresdefault.jpg "Bugs Bunny Overture Theme Extended") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GpbY8df3Zo) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/15 "2018-09-19T15:32:38Z")
[quote=“terentii, post:14, topic:244258”] Overture, curtain, lights! [/QUOTE] For decades I thought it was: Overture, curb the lights I figured it was some gaffer term for dimming, or pointing down or something. You know those wacky Hollywood types. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/16 "2018-09-19T15:34:13Z")
I thought it was “Hold the cheer, turn the lights!” Which actually does make some sense. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/17 "2018-09-19T15:40:42Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > For decades I thought it was: > > Overture, curb the lights > > I figured it was some gaffer term for dimming, or pointing down or something. You know those wacky Hollywood types. I’m hearing “cut the lights”. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/18 "2018-09-19T16:06:44Z")
I think “Overture, curtain, lights” is the right one. Though I thought it was “turn the lights” as a kid. ---
**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 19, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/19 "2018-09-19T16:43:18Z")
That’s not the Merry-Go-Round Broke down. That’s the [Woo Woo, The Harum Scarum Song](https://youtu.be/iVA8o8Ur1wM) Now what was the name of the song Little Red Riding Hood sang. “My father’s still in the factory 'Cuz he don’t know what tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime it happens to be” ---
**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 19, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/20 "2018-09-19T17:02:16Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Now what was the name of the song Little Red Riding Hood sang. > “My father’s still in the factory > 'Cuz he don’t know what tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime > it happens to be” [Five O’Clock Whistle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17WAg3r4ERA). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258.md?page=2)