"Merrily We Roll Along" is a song written by Charlie Tobias, Murray Mencher, and

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in 1935, and used in the '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon '' Billboard Frolics'' that same year. It is best known as the theme of

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' ''

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'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon series since 1936. The first two lines of Cantor's recording are: :Merrily we roll along, my honey and me :Verily there's no one half as happy as we In the 1970s, it was adopted by WGN as the theme music for '' The Ray Rayner Show'', which featured Warner Bros. cartoons. In 1995, it was used as the closing theme of '' The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries''. From 1994–2003, it was used by Warner Bros. Television as part of their logo at the end of shows, in reference to the studio's production of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts, it was arranged by David Kurtz. 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. The song is also an introduction to all the

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concerts in their tour Not in This Lifetime... Tour. The old folk song " Goodnight, Ladies" contains the line "Merrily we roll along", which is often used as a child's nursery rhyme. The tune from the first line of the Tobias-Mencher-Cantor song matches that line from "Goodnight, Ladies", but the tunes diverge from there.

External links

A website containing Cantor's recording of the song
Looney Tunes songs Songs written by Charles Tobias 1935 songs Animated series theme songs Comedy television theme songs Children's television theme songs {{1930s-song-stub