The Merrily Song

The Merrily Song
General information
Feature films	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Attractions and stage performances	Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Composer	Frank Churchill Charles Wolcott
Lyrics	Larry Morey Ray Gilbert
Performers	Eric Blore (Mr. Toad) J. Pat O'Malley (Cyril Proudbottom)
Followed by	"Ichabod Crane"

"The Merrily Song" is a song in the The Wind in the Willows segment in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, sung by Mr. Toad and Cyril Proudbottom while going around the British countryside in the canary colored gypsy cart.

This song is the theme for the Mr. Toad's Wild Ride attraction. It is also included in Disney Sing Along Songs: You Can Fly! and Disney Sing Along Songs: Collection of All Time Favorites: The Early Years.

Lyrics

Mr. Toad: Tally Ho! Tally Ho! Tally Ho!
Are we on our way to Nottingham, to Brittingham, to Buckingham
Or any hammy hamlet by the sea? No!
Cyril: Are we on our way to Devonshire, to Lancashire, or Worcestershire?
I'm not so sure, we’ll have to wait and see!
Mr. Toad: Are we on our way to Dover or going merrily over
The jolly road that goes to Plymouth, ho!

Mr. Toad and Cyril: No! We're merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
merrily on our way to nowhere in particular
We’re merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
merrily on our way where the roads are perpendicular

Cyril: We're always in a hurry
Mr. Toad: We have no time to stall
Mr. Toad and Cyril: We've got to be there, we've got to be there,
But where we can't recall
Whoo!

We're merrily, merrily, merrily,
merrily, merrily on our way, and we may
be going to Devonshire, to Lancashire, to Worcestershire
We're not so sure, but what do we care, we're only sure we got to be there!
We're merrily on our way to nowhere at all!

Trivia

• The Disney Sing Along Songs version repeats the first verse, and also features a clip from The Practical Pig of Fiddler Pig diving into a pond of water on the lyric "Or any hammy hamlet by the sea? No!" and Susie the Little Blue Coupe of the traffic light switch on the lyric "I'm not so sure, we’ll have to wait and see!".

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Media The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (The Wind in the Willows • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) • Video • Mickey's Christmas Carol Disney Parks Mr. Toad's Wild Ride • Storybook Land Canal Boats Restaurants: Toad Hall Restaurant Firework: Wonderful World of Animation Halloween: Frightfully Fun Parade • Glow in the Park Halloween Parade • Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade • The Revenge of the Headless Horseman Characters J. Thaddeus Toad • Cyril Proudbottom • Ratty • Mole • Angus MacBadger • Mr. Winkie • Weasels • Ichabod Crane • Katrina Van Tassel • Brom Bones • Tilda • Baltus Van Tassel • Gunpowder • Daredevil • The Headless Horseman Songs The Merrily Song • Ichabod Crane • Katrina • Headless Horseman