DOVE COMMERCIAL----LEAVE ME ALONE !!!!

Yes it is cute. It starts out so innocently as Dove has changed the words to a children's song for their latest commercial. Below are the words to the Dove version set to the tune of the children's song "Do your ears hang low."

Do your eyes sit wide
Does your nose turn to the side
Do your elbows kind of crinkle
Do your knees sort of wrinkle
Does your chest tend to freckle
Do you have a crooked smile
Do your eyes sit wide
Do your ears sort of wiggle
Does your hair make you giggle
Does your neck grow long
Do your hips sing a song
Do your ears hang low

My problem is that now I can't get that DAMN tune out of my head. For several days now, anytime my mind slips out of gear for a nice "no thought" rest--- the children's version of "Do your ears hang low" takes over. I was sorely tempted to post a video for those who may have missed the commercial but I haven't figured out how to post one yet. If you insist in making yourself crazy, go here to watch. Misery does love company.

As I researched this little children's ditty, I have found no one really knows where or how it originated. Some feel it was a song made up by the English military during the Revolutionary War (which would explain the Continental Soldier reference).

However Civil War might better explain the Davy Crockett reference. The song could make marching almost fun. Davy may have been a later add on. Some feel that "ears" was substituted to clean it up for children and that originally other body parts were inserted in place of ears.

I do remember the teenage girl version from my days as a camp counselor where "boobs" was inserted in place of ears. That song used to echo through out the bus on away trips. I am sure you guys have your own version referring to a bit lower on the anatomy and rhyming with "calls." I really don't care where it came from, I just want it out of my head.

Someone said that if you sing a song all the way through, it will leave your head. So I looked up the full version and will faithfully sing it to the end. Feel free to sing the full version if needed to restore your own sanity.

Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental
Soldier?
Do your ears hang low?

Do your ears hang high?
Do they reach up to the sky?
Do they wrinkle when they're wet?
Do they straighten when they're dry?
Can you wave them at your neighbor
With an element of flavor?
Do your ears hang high?

Do your ears hang wide?
Do they flap from side to side?
Do they wave in the breeze
From the slightest little sneeze?
Can you soar above the nation
With a feeling of elevation?
Do your ears hang wide?

Do your ears fall off
When you give a great big cough?
Do they lie there on the ground
Or bounce up at every sound?
Can you stick them in your pocket
Just like Davy Crockett?
Do your ears fall off

Does your tongue hang down?
Does it flop all around?
Can you tie it in a knot?
Can you tie it in a bow?
Can you throw it o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Does your tongue hang down?

Does your nose hang low?
Does it wiggle to and fro?
Can you tie it in a knot?
Can you tie it in a bow?
Can you throw it o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Does your nose hang low?

Do your eyes pop out?
Do they bounce all about?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them o'er your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Do your eyes pop out?

OK, I have to go now. Got a song to sing. Cover your ears Mighty.

If this doesn't work, do you know of another "cure"? I am desperate. This is as annoying as persistent hiccups.