"Toy Parade" was LITB Theme - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

comet97 · 06-18-2004, 05:54 PM

I copied this from a website.

"Toy Parade" by Dave Kahn, Mort Greene and David Gordon, served as the theme for the sitcom "Leave It To Beaver" (1957-1963). The show used a voiceless version, but the lyrics began "Hey! Here they come with a rum-tee tum, they're having a toy parade..." It mellowed into a more jazzlike orchestration for the last two seasons.

Coronaboy · 09-06-2005, 04:30 PM

Yeah, this was sung by Wally in an episode, he was rocking his son to sleep after being born.

tv star collector · 10-23-2005, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by comet97

I copied this from a website.

"Toy Parade" by Dave Kahn, Mort Greene and David Gordon, served as the theme for the sitcom "Leave It To Beaver" (1957-1963). The show used a voiceless version, but the lyrics began "Hey! Here they come with a rum-tee tum, they're having a toy parade..." It mellowed into a more jazzlike orchestration for the last two seasons.

Yes, this song was released in the late 1950s as a Little Golden Record (in both 78 rpm and 45 rpm versions, I think). The complete lyrics (according to John Javna's TV THEME SONG SING-ALONG BOOK) are ...

Hey! here they come with a rum-tee tum they're having a toy parade
A tin giraffe with a pipe and drum is leading the kewpie parade
A gingham cat in a soldier's hat is waving a Chinese fan
A plastic clown in a wedding gown is dancing with Raggedy Ann.
Fee fie fiddle dee-dee they're crossing the living room floor
Fee fie fiddle dee-dee they're up to the dining room door
They call a halt for a choc'late malt or cookies and lemonade
Then off they go with a ho ho ho right back to their toy parade.

Lyrics & Music: Dave Kahn, Melvyn Leonard, Mort Greene

06-18-2004, 05:54 PM	#1
comet97 LITB Fan Forever Frequent Poster Join Date: May 26, 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 353	"Toy Parade" was LITB Theme I copied this from a website. "Toy Parade" by Dave Kahn, Mort Greene and David Gordon, served as the theme for the sitcom "Leave It To Beaver" (1957-1963). The show used a voiceless version, but the lyrics began "Hey! Here they come with a rum-tee tum, they're having a toy parade..." It mellowed into a more jazzlike orchestration for the last two seasons.
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09-06-2005, 04:30 PM	#2
Coronaboy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 06, 2005 Posts: 11	Yeah, this was sung by Wally in an episode, he was rocking his son to sleep after being born.