# 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:** 3
**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, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/41 "2018-09-21T15:43:36Z")
I always heart 'cut the lights" but “curtain, lights” makes a lot or sense. It also jibes more with the people who hear “curb the lights”. Since the people here are so good at naming Looney Tune songs, what is the song that Daffy rigs the piano to blow up when a certain key is hit and Bugs keeps playing it wrong, enraging Daffy who plays it correctly and blows himself up dead.? Yeah, that was as clear as mud. I hope someone knows what I mean. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/42 "2018-09-21T15:51:15Z")
I always heard it as “curtain, lights.” Bugs, with his Brooklyn accent, pronounces it as “coitain, lights,” which is evidence that it’s “curtain,” not “cut the.” A Brooklynite wouldn’t pronounce “cut” as “coit.” On top of that, there’s a distinct “n” sound at the end of “curtain,” and there’s no “th” sound. ---
**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 21, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/43 "2018-09-21T16:01:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Since the people here are so good at naming Looney Tune songs, what is the song that Daffy rigs the piano to blow up when a certain key is hit and Bugs keeps playing it wrong, enraging Daffy who plays it correctly and blows himself up dead.? That’s a traditional Irish melody, best known with the lyrics “Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d6qIWJQAUhQ/hqdefault.jpg "Bandari 20th Collection No.01 Believe Me if all those Endearing Young Charms Sheet Music 班得瑞 乐团 我心深处") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6qIWJQAUhQ) ---
**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 21, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/44 "2018-09-21T16:05:18Z")
Overture, curtains, lights, This is it, the night of nights No more rehearsing and nursing a part We know every part by heart Overture, curtains, lights This is it, you’ll hit the heights And oh what heights we’ll hit On with the show this is it (musical interlude) Tonight what heights we’ll hit On with the show this is it ---
**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, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/45 "2018-09-21T16:13:15Z")
[quote=“Skywatcher, post:43, topic:244258”] That’s a traditional Irish melody, best known with the lyrics “Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms”. [/QUOTE] Thanks! ---
**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 21, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/46 "2018-09-21T18:50:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Overture, **curtains** , lights In theatre, the show starts when the _curtain_ is raised, i.e., the _main_ curtain, regardless of how many might be on or around the stage. I say this as one who has trod the boards more than once in his life. 🆒 ---
**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 21, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/47 "2018-09-21T18:56:02Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > In theatre, the show starts when the _curtain_ is raised, i.e., the _main_ curtain, regardless of how many might be on or around the stage. > > I say this as one who has trod the boards more than once in his life. 🆒 I didn’t write the song-I merely gave you the correct words to it. ---
**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 21, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/48 "2018-09-21T18:59:02Z")
[quote=“Skywatcher, post:43, topic:244258”] That’s a traditional Irish melody, best known with the lyrics “Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms”. [/QUOTE] WB cartoons were great in recycling old tunes like “I’m Lookin’ Over a Four-Leaf Clover,” “We’re in the Money,” and “The Latin Quarter,” which would probably be forgotten today. They, along with the old Harveytoons (the ones with the singalongs) I used to watch on kids’ TV, were an important part of my musical education. My favorite is Bugs Bunny’s rendition of “The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady,” “a regular old-fashioned goil.” ---
**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 21, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/49 "2018-09-21T19:03:29Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I didn’t write the song-I merely gave you the correct words to it. Debatable. 😉 ---
**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, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/50 "2018-09-21T19:09:53Z")
Speaking of old songs brought back from the dead-- not Looney Tunes but Merrie Melodies-- Drink To Me With Only Thine Eyes. I’m sure I never, ever would have heard this if it wasn’t for cartoons. Side question-- Is there a difference between Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies? ---
**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 21, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/51 "2018-09-21T19:20:08Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Speaking of old songs brought back from the dead-- not Looney Tunes but Merrie Melodies-- Drink To Me With Only Thine Eyes. I’m sure I never, ever would have heard this if it wasn’t for cartoons. Side question-- Is there a difference between Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies? Yes, there is: > **[What was the difference between Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies?](https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-difference-between-Looney-Tunes-and-Merrie-Melodies)** > > Answer (1 of 2): "Looney Tunes" came first, in 1930. Producer-directors Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising, working under executive producer Leon Schlesinger, made cartoons that featured both a cartoon character - Bosko - and songs from the Warner Bros.... ---
**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 21, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/52 "2018-09-21T19:26:59Z")
Bugs Bunny sings: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YWb2xk-jSo8/maxresdefault.jpg "The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWb2xk-jSo8) A great moment in cinema! 🆒 ---
**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, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/53 "2018-09-21T19:31:39Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Yes, there is: > > [https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-difference-between-Looney-Tunes-and-Merrie-Melodies](https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-difference-between-Looney-Tunes-and-Merrie-Melodies) Not much. And since 1944, none at all according to this link. ---
**Author:** ![Fielder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Fielder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fielder)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/54 "2023-11-19T04:57:40Z")
Buggs and Fudd were young once… ## All the world was gay. Swinging on its way. Things were looking brighter day by day. Love was never wrong. Life was just a song. 'Till that Looney Tooney came along. ## Ooh, I’m goin’ coo coo, woo woo. Here comes the choo choo, woo woo. I’m so gooney, looney tooney, touched in the head. Please pass the catsup, I think I’ll go to bed. Ain’t I a screwball, woo woo. Throw me the eight ball, woo woo. Once I knew a thing or two, now I’m a buckaroo. Hinky dinky parlay woo woo. YouTube Matt Hunter Bugs Bunny Hare Um Scare Um ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/55 "2023-11-19T05:14:09Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Overture, curb the lights I misheard that for decades. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/56 "2023-11-19T21:07:34Z")
There’s a WWII cartoon where a bear is singing _Shovin right off for Home_ does anybody know the name of the cartoon? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/57 "2023-11-19T21:10:15Z")
I do not have the answer to this question but, thanks to you, I have _Shoving right off to home, shoving right off to home, shoving right off to home again!_ playing over and over in my head. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/58 "2023-11-19T21:11:53Z")
I know, Right? Top ten earworm. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/59 "2023-11-20T01:33:04Z")
Sylvester sings it, along with a much of other old tunes, in Back Alley Oproar. It won’t let me link it for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-words-to-the-looney-tunes-song/244258/60 "2023-11-20T19:00:37Z")
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