The Merry Go Round Broke Down

Is there anyone that isn't a fan of old Warner Brother's cartoons? If you are, don't tell me… I don't want to lose any respect for you.  I find it interesting that a lot of the music that is in the old cartoons that sounds "old timey" to us was contemporary music at the time.

I recently re-discovered that the Looney Tunes theme that we all know and love was a popular song called "The Merry Go Round Broke Down." It was written in 1937 by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin

The lyrics are here…

Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down
And we went round and round
Each time t'would miss, we'd steal a kiss 
And the Merry-Go-Round went
"Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah
Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!'
Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down
And it made the darndest sound,
The lights went low, we both said "Oh!"
And the Merry-Go-Round went
"Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah
Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!'
Oh what fun - a wonderful time
Finding love for only a dime.
Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down
But you don't see me frown
Things turned out fine and now she's mine -
Cause the the Merry-Go-Round went
"Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah
Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!"
Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down. 

Here is a cool version from 1937

or if you prefer to hear Daffy Duck sing it…

That's all folks!