{"id":43642,"date":"2018-10-28T00:01:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T07:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/?p=43642"},"modified":"2018-10-26T11:02:52","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T18:02:52","slug":"covering-ichabod-and-mr-toad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/covering-ichabod-and-mr-toad\/","title":{"rendered":"Covering “Ichabod and Mr. Toad”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Adventures of Ichabod And Mr. Toad<\/em> was the last of Disney’s “package” features. After this, the animated features from Disney would go back to being complete stories, derived from fairy tales, literary classics, or contemporary children’s literature. <\/p>\n

Of course, you would expect there to be songs attached to both elements of this package. And you’d not be disappointed. <\/p>\n

Again, Tin Pan Alley virtually ignored one of the segments of this film, while concentrating on the other. <\/p>\n

From Mr. Toad<\/em>, the only song that got any action–at least from popular artists–as “Merrily On Our Way’, usually referred to as “The Merrily Song”. <\/p>\n

It appears that the only artist who tackled “The Merrily Song’ with its galloping six-eight rhythm, was the big band of Tex Beneke. RCA Victor issued his version on 20-3528. Unfortunately, the record–and the song–went nowhere. I can’t even post it for you – its that rare. <\/p>\n

But I can share this excerpt from radio’s Doris Day Show<\/em> (1952) with Day and Donald O’Connor covering it splendidly: <\/p>\n