"Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?" goes way back before L Donegan.

"Mairzy Doats and dozy doats, and liddle lamzy divey" Burl Ives 40's I believe.

And "The Trooper Watering His Nag" in 1715 (and many years before that according to Thomas D'Urfey) - now what is a Jolly Trolley may I ask?

And just how much was That Doggie in the Window? And was it him that deinged the Micro$oft flagship?