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Do Your Ears Hang Low?" is a children's novelty song often sung in schools and at camps. The melody of this song is usually a shorter version of "Turkey in the Straw", but it can also be sung to the tune of the "Sailor's Hornpipe". [1] It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 15472.
1 sty 2020 · The tune that many (although not all) ice cream trucks play is likely most familiar from the childhood nursery rhyme “Do Your Ears Hang Low?,” but its history goes back much further.
[Verse 1] Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie 'em in a knot? Can you tie 'em in a bow? Can you throw 'em over your shoulder. Like a continental (regimental) soldier. Do...
After a quick wikipedia read I found that it was likely written by George Washington Dixon, as the song "Zip Coon" to the tune of "Turkey in the Straw," and that the original version was likely "Do your balls hang low?"
TIL that the children’s song “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” is a sanitized version of “Do Your Balls Hang Low?”, which was popular with British soldiers in WWI. General Douglas Haig once heard a column of soldiers singing it and went to berate their commander, only to find the commander singing along.
“Do your boys hang low?” was used in a Fruit of the Loom underwear commercial several years back. Iirc, the commercial got pulled quickly, but it was freaking hilarious. Had no idea that it was close to the original.
The lyrics of “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” are simple yet incredibly catchy. The song talks about ears in a whimsical and playful manner. The questions asked in the lyrics, such as “Do they wiggle to and fro?” and “Can you tie them in a knot?” bring a sense of childlike wonder and imagination.
