A “Kid’s” Song -“””Mares eat oats”

Jun 30th A “Kid’s” Song -“””Mares eat oats”

““Mares eat oats, and Does eat oats, and Little Lambs eat ivy – a Kid will eat ivy too, Wouldn’t you? — If the words sound queer and funny to your ears — a little bit Jumbly and Jivey, sing – etc., — you could go on with this forever.”“

In the 1940’s, my Aunt Irene, would come over to our house every Tuesday, and stay from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. She would play with my brothers and me. She would braid my hair into the “French Braids”, and also measure me to make pinafore type dresses and aprons, depending on her amount of materials she had.

But, what I remember the most this time, she was sitting at the Singer Sewing Machine (treadle type) – her feet going a mile a minute; She heard a new song and wanted to teach us the words – so she sang the words – you see above. She sang it fast and rolling the words together, the more we all sang it together – the funnier it sounder, and we had so much fun, that Tuesday, with an – UN- understandable song. So, children, see if you can have a favorite person, come to your home, every week, to learn something new and have a Fun Memory – Forever!