Please help me identify this song - I heard it when I was a very young child, and something triggered a recall of it today, and I cannot place it. It 'sounds' like an old traditional song, maybe a song from a movie, I don't know.

This is a link to me 'humming' (more 'doo-doo-da-dooing') the song.

I hope someone can place it. :D

Sorry, I don't recognize it at all. Was the laughing near the end actually part of the tune? If so, perhaps it was Humoresque by Dvorak - just a wild guess.

Good luck.

"We're off to see the Wizard" ??

Sounds like a mix between Mr. Ed and Three Blind Mice, with a bit of Leave It To Beaver thrown in. :)

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"They're coming to take me away, ha ha, hee hee"

*giggle* Thanks for that. I have no idea what it was, but your chuckling a bit at the end made me smile. :o)

I listened to it three times and it seems somewhat familiar but I can't quite get it!

#7 I know - that's why it's frustrating!

#6 :D

#2 No - that was just me laughing because recording 'doo-do-doo' for others to hear is a silly thing to do - and I just kept laughing at what I was doing. :)

Okay, then we can safely eliminate Humoresque as a possibillity.

I'll play the sound byte for MrsHouseLibrary; she may have an idea.

When I listened to it I seem to remember it being whistled? From an old TV show possibly?

How about: The theme song of Leave It to Beaver?

*points* I said that too! We may be on to something here... *digs up the song for reference*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOK5KI96m...

well it could be. It has the right cadence, what say you good JPB?

No, it's not the Leave It to Beaver theme. Maybe some other TV show, but it is definitely not that - not even close. But I appreciate the thoughts! :D

Hubby says he recognizes it as a tv show tune from the 60's but can't remember which one.

Sounds like the theme to "Mr. Ed" to me.

sounds like the opening theme for Skippy to me. There's a YouTube version, but I can't figure out how to include the link, d'oh!

It's definitely a TV show theme, and I even recognize it, but beats me what show it was.

#16 Do I 'hum' that badly? :D

It isn't Mr. Ed :D

I think it an old Police song.

"Da dooo do dooo. Da Daaa Daa Daaaaa. Is all I want to say to you."

Insert sarcastic smiley face here.

This has been bugging me for the last couple of days!

Could it be The Da Da De Da Da Code?

A wild guess Green Acres?

I briefly thought it might be Green Acres, but after re-listening . . . I thought not.

Is it Green Acres?
Mr Ed?
wait... "na na na na na BATMAN!" That's it!

Have you tried sites like this:
http://www.midomi.com/

You know, if JPB wasn't such a sober, responsible, upstanding citizen, i would start to wonder if this wasn't just some sort of elaborate pub bet.

"You know, i reckon i could post a recoding of me humming a meaningless tune on the internet, and get hundreds of hits."
"Oh yeah? Hundred bucks says you can't!"
"You're on!"

If it's a bar bet for that much he should be made to buy a round at the next GD Gathering he goes to. *G*

I was thinking it might be "The Andy Griffith SHow" but it doesn't sound right to be that.

My Three sons?

No, definitely not My Three Sons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUVjiOe3N...). Completely different rhythm and feel.

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#19 its not that you hum badly it is that the old theme songs all sound the same. I was also thinking it might be the Identical cousins song though it sounds nothing like it. it could be lots of others.

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still sounds like Skippy to me
Skippy

#30 It isn't Skippy - I never even saw Skippy when I was a lad.

I don't think it is a TV show even though I know people are on that track - I think it is more a children's folk song. My concern is that it is some song off a children's album, that my parents sang with me, that they don't remember now, and if it is one of those, then it may be impossible for anyone else to remember (after all, those records couldn't have sold too many copies.)

Now you've reminded me of the children's LP we had, called "All About Dragons," I think. On it was a song that I always thought was called "The Reluctant Dragon." But the story of the song was not Kenneth Grahame's children's tale. Instead, the song suggests that the Loch Ness monster is simply a very shy dragon.

I loved that song as a child, listened to it over and over. I wouldn't mind hearing it again, but I wonder if it would hold up?

I have quite the tin ear so I can not be sure of anything I say or think about music, but your rendition made me think of "The Teddy Bear's Picnic". I know it is not exactly the tune but seems kinda close, sorta like it.

What do you think?

I loved "Big John and Sparky"

I'm getting the feeling that PeeBee just made the whole thing up and he's messing with us... {:>)

33 - It had that feel for me too, but I thought it was too obvious.

It's not teddy bear's picnic. I am going to bug my parents again this weekend and see if they can dredge up the info.

When I listened again just now I thought of the Hitchcock theme, but that's nothing like what you were humming.

Are you sure this isn't an audio Ink Blot test :-)

Near the end there it sounds like three blind mice, other than that all I can say is that it sounds somewhat familiar.
Hope you figure it out

The theme song for the Alfred Hitchcock show/mystery-hour/whatever is a ditty called Funeral March of a Marionette - definitely not what JPB was humming.

Did we ever get an answer to this?

Except perhaps that Pee bee likes to mess with us :)

Your confounded humming crashes Windows Explorer on my PC.

I've broken glass and caused people to run screaming, but at least i've never caused a PC to crash with my singing.

yet.

Just listened, I have no idea what it is, but I love your humming JPB! Made me smile too. :)