I love to sing-a!

[ghost of miles]

I was just reading about this cartoon the other day in Krin Gabbard's JAMMIN' AT THE MARGINS...

I Love To Singa – 1936 – The Owls are happy with their three classically musical kids but dismayed at their fourth one, who won’t stop singing the Jazz, and who drives his classical music professor father, Dr. Fritz Owl, crazy. A parody of the Al Jolson role in the classic 1927 WB movie “The Jazz Singer” (recall that this is a story about the son of a cantor who turns his back on his family profession and becomes a jazz singer). “Owl Jolson’s” parents kick him out. He goes on the Jack Bunny radio show and his mother walks in. He quickly reverts from “I Love to Sing-a” to “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes.” After realizing his talents, the family is finally reunited. Song: “I love to Sing-a, ‘bout the Moon-a and the June-a and the Spring-a.” Here’s the “I Love To Sing-a” .mp3.  The words are as follows:

I love to sing-a

about the moon-a

and the June-a

and the spring-a,

I love to sing-a

'bout the sky of blue-a,

or a tea for two-a,

anything-a with a swing-a

to an I love you-a,

I love-a to, I love-a to sing,

I was born a sing-in' fool-a,

La-de-da,

Major Bowes is gonna get me,

Got thru Yale,

with Boola Boola,

La-de-da,

Ole microphone's got me!

I love to sing-a

I love to wake up with the South-a

in my mouth-a,

and wave the flag-a,

With a cheer for Uncle Sammy

and another for my mammy,

I love to sing!

At Favorite Cartoons near the bottom of the page.

[Alexander]

Yes, I own this particular WB cartoon on a VHS collection I bought back in the early 90s. It's very, very cute. WB cartoons always had great music!