Do Your Ears Hang Low Lyrics

Hello,

I have the donkey from pooh and i think that he is singing that song, i will go home and listen to it and let you know

Heres the lyrics to the song.. LOL It used to be an old song that was sung in the American Revolutionary War as a slight by the British against the drummers of the Continental army.

Do your ears hang low?
Do they sway to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them o'er your shoulder like a continental soldier
Do your ears hang low?
Do your ears hang high?
Do they reach up to the sky?
Do they droop when they are wet?
Do they stiffen when they're dry?
Can you semaphore your neighbour with a minimum of labour?
Do your ears hang high?
Do your ears flip-flop?
Can you use them for a mop?
Are they stringy at the bottom?
Are they curly at the top?
Can you use them for a swatter?
Can you use them for a blotter?
Do your ears flip-flop?
Do your ears hang out?
Can you waggle them about?
Can you flip them up and down as you fly around the town?
Can you shut them up for sure when you hear an awful bore?
Do your ears hang out?

I haven't read the other responses, but here's my answer:

Do your ears hang low, do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow? Do they go flip-flop, do they do it while you hop, do your ears...hang...low?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Your_Ears_Hang_Low%3F

:)

It started as a much more lewd version of an army marching tune. As with many folk songs there are many different versions and it has morphed a lot over the years. According to what I found on the internet the earliest known version is "Do Your Balls Hang Low",[3] collected in 1941 by Vance Randolph. Lyrics at this link...
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=17280

I alway thought it was teaching kids that everyone is different....you may have long ears, big ears little ears ect..never heard all the lyrics very interesting!

lol, kids songs tend to be so odd and usually have terrifying origins.

Have you ever really thought about "ring around the rosey?", its about the bubonic plague, the color of the dead peoples skin, and their smell which had to be masked by potpourri......

yikes

One time my daughter and i were singing "winter wonderland" and i noticed this lyric (which i just HAD to google)

In the meadow we can build a snowman,
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown
He'll say: Are you married?
We'll say: No man,
But you can do the job
When you're in town.

this sounded suspect, until i discovered parson brown is a preacher that joins people in marriage, lol although to me it sounded suspiciously like the singer is offering a booty call, lmao

So neat to get the whole version, thanks Twyla! My grandma used to swear this song was "do your boobs hang low" which was even more bizarre!

http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/doyourears.htm

I always look here first, i love this website because they have the lyrics and the tunes.

The letters niehs stand for:
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services

why is that song the ice cream truck's song is what i'd like to know?????

so, I think the question you're actually asking is why the comparison to a continental soldier..... picture a soldier heaving his gun up to rest on his shoulder, now picture doing that action with your ears (if, of course, they hung low enough to do so). that's the image the song is going for: can you throw your ears over your shoulder the way a soldier throws his gun up and over his shoulder. make sense?

oh, and to answer Kellie B's question, I think that what the ice cream guy would be playing is "Turkey in the Straw," which is the original song to that tune. this song is just a rip-off of the same tune.

Now that you mention it, I only know the naughty version.
How interesting to see the origin though.