I was an adult by the time that these were created. I gave away my TV in 1965 so that my children were not subjected to BBC and ITV propaganda. {I could see, then, how things were going.}
"The chorus of the song is taken almost in whole from the popular folk song or children's song, known by many variant names, including 'Here we go Loop de Loop.' A version the folk song appeared as early as 1849 in James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps' Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales, as 'Dancing Looby.'"
My understanding was that it was “loop-de-loo”. Mists of time now, so not insisting on it.
ReplyDeleteI was an adult by the time that these were created. I gave away my TV in 1965 so that my children were not subjected to BBC and ITV propaganda. {I could see, then, how things were going.}
ReplyDeleteIt was Looby-loo. Andy Pandy and Teddy shared a basket with her. Preferred Bill and Ben. Blobalob. Weeeed.
ReplyDeleteLoop-de-loo must have been Mitch Ryder I suppose.
Delete"The chorus of the song is taken almost in whole from the popular folk song or children's song, known by many variant names, including 'Here we go Loop de Loop.' A version the folk song appeared as early as 1849 in James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps' Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales, as 'Dancing Looby.'"
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_de_Loop
Thank you muchly, m'lud.
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