Merrily We Roll Along (song)

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"Merrily We Roll Along" is a song loosely based on the 1847 song "Good Night Ladies" by E. P. Christy. Written by Charlie Tobias, Murray Mencher, and Eddie Cantor circa 1937[1], it is best known as the theme of Warner Bros.' Merrie Melodies cartoon series. In 1995 it was used as the ending theme of Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries.

The song shares a title with the 1934 play Merrily We Roll Along by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, but is unrelated to it.

[edit] Lyrics

Merrily we roll along
Roll along, roll along
Merrily we roll along
O’er the deep blue sea

The related verse portion of "Good Night, Ladies":

Hope you had a happy time
Happy time, happy time
Hope you had a happy time
We had a good time, too

The tune is also used to make a song from the poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb":

Mary had a little lamb
Little lamb, little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece was white as snow