I Wuv a Wabbit

DESCRIPTION: "I wuv a wabbit, a cwazy cwazy wabbit Hop, hop, bunny, bunny (x2), Hop, hop, ho, ho, hop hop. " "He wuvs his cawwots, his cwazy cwazy cawwots Chew, chew, bunny, bunny..." "When I go to sweep at night, I kiss he, and he kiss I..."
AUTHOR: Milton Berle, Ervin Drake, Paul Martell (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (recording, Dick "Two Ton" Baker and His Music Makers)
KEYWORDS: animal humorous campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 124, 262, "I Wuv a Wabbit" (notes only)
RECORDINGS:
Dick "Two Ton" Baker and His Music Makers, "I Wuv a Wabbit" (Mercury 7047, 1947)
NOTES [33 words]: Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 262, hears a "fragment" of "Frosty the Snowman" in this tune, but since "Wabbit" was published in 1947 and "Frosty" in 1950, the dependence, if any, is the other way. - RBW
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File: ACSF124I

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