[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I thought it was:

Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy,

A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?

[Semi Civil Servant]

That's a little further down in the ditty:

If the words sound queer and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey

Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy"

Mairzy doats

They don't write them like that anymore, eh?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"Mares eat oats "

That's what the title of the song implies, but the actual title of the song is, "Mairzy Doats".