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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWho here grew up believing that apples to doctors were like crucifixes to vampires?
applegrove
(118,778 posts)other side". I never knew the 'other side' implied heaven or afterlife.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)of thinking that there was some sort of deep existential meaning and it was a "winner winner chicken dinner" joke? Noooooo....
applegrove
(118,778 posts)and little lambs eat ivy, kids eat ivy too, wouldn't you" was a song about what farm animals eat. I thought it was just some random sounds put together.
LeftInTX
(25,555 posts)It's sung quite rapidly and almost as a tongue twister. Unless you see the words they're hard to decipher.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)Since I've never known anyone who eats horsemeat I've not thought of it as a song about food I eat. I also wouldn't "eat ivy too" since there are some types that can have some nasty side effects. Eep!
ETA: It sounds like you hadn't heard the rest of the song before?
If the words sound queer and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey
Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy"
LeftInTX
(25,555 posts)Didn't know about crucifixes and vampires, cuz my mom didn't let me watch anything scary.
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)and the doctor said "it makes you shit."