Talk:Merrily We Roll Along (song)

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[edit] "Written ca. 1937"?

The song has been used (sung by "Eddie Camphor") in a Merrie Melodies cartoon (Billboard Frolics) released on November 9th, 1935. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.130.22.194 (talk) 21:09, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Two songs

I think this article is conflating two different songs. The melody used in the WB cartoons does not at all match "Mary Had a Little Lamb." The first five notes ("Merrily we roll") are the same but that's it. Powers T 15:03, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lyrics removed.

"Merrily We Roll Along" is a copyrighted song. You cannot reprint the lyrics in their entirety without permission from Alfred Publishing Company, the song's publisher. --FuriousFreddy (talk) 04:20, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

It's good that the lyrics were removed, but not for the reason indicated. While the song this article is about is under copyright, the lyrics that were removed were to the other "Merrily We Roll Along": the one sung to the same tune as "Mary Had a Little Lamb" which was written either by W. A. Mozart, E. P. Christy, or someone else (see "Two songs", above). I believe those lyrics are in the public domain. If so, they should be included in an article about that song, if anyone can straighten out the authorship of it. ChasFink (talk) 18:40, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Adding to the above: The owner of this song (the Tobias/Mencher/Cantor one) is not Alfred (who, I believe, put out compilation song books). Rather it belongs to T. B. Harms/Warner Bros., Ched Music Corp, and Eddie Cantor Music... at least according to this site. ChasFink (talk) 20:59, 8 January 2008 (UTC)