The Merry Macs - Ashby de la Zouch By The Sea (Castle Abbey) 1946 Zooch video free download
Merry Macs - Ashby de la Zouch 1946 - Ashby-De-La-Zooch was recorded by the famous Merry Macs on Decca No. 18811. ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH (CASTLE ABBEY)
(Al Hoffman / Milton Drake / Jerry Livingston) The Merry Macs formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the 1920's and sang harmony with their mom singing the melody. They attended West High School and sang at school proms and college dances, fine-tuning their close-harmony style.
In 1930 they added a girl, Cheri McKay, to sing the melody line. While searching for a new name (somehow, Cheri didn't qualify as a Personality Boy), they realized all their last names started in "Mc," so they became the Merry Macs.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch often shortened to Ashby, is a small market town and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, within the National Forest.
Lyrics: There's a village that I love in Leicestershire
Always had my heart enthralled
Where the stars are bright above in Leicestershire
Believe it or not it's called
Ashby De La Zouch Castle Abbey
That's the only place that I long to be
Skies are full of blue,
And the cows are full of moo
In Ashby De La Zouch By the sea
Ashby De La Zouch Castle Abbey
It's a little bit of heaven to me
Girls have pretty curls
And the boys have pretty girls
In Ashby De La Zouch by the sea
It's just a little hum-drum place
But you'll be glad that you came
It's such a beautiful someplace
Ain't it a shame that it's got such a name
Ashby De La Zouch Castle Abbey,
That's the only place where I long to be
If you want a smooch
And be happy as a pooch
Go to Ashby De La Zouch by the sea.
Comments
9 years ago
AshbyAlly
Small castle, no abbey. Furthest town from the coast in England (just about) - ridiculous words, but people of a 'certain age' do remember the town because of this daft song - must have been a slow day for inspiration!10 years ago
Steve B. Robinson
Daft yanks fail their geography exam yet again!10 years ago
clarence fender
For some reason, this song was running through my mind. I was eleven tears old when this song came out.10 years ago
captmitty
The novel Ivanhoe features this place and the name itself can provoke mirth in those sensitive to the English language.11 years ago
James Foster
I live In ashby 11 years ago
Geraint Jones
Older maps of Leicestershire showed Ashby-de-la-Zouch town was located next to the letter "C" as in the county of leiCestershire printed diagonally accross the map of the Midlands, so that's what gave birth to this little ditty!!! .Ashby is 100miles from Rhyl in North Wales and also 100 miles from Sgegness on the East Coast11 years ago
Spitalhatch
Thanks for this. It brings back a memory of when I was 5 or 6 years old in London. Dad wasn't back from the War yet and Mum and I were waiting in the queue at a fish and chip shop after having been to the pictures. Some young fellow in the queue was singing 'Ashby de la Zouch - lovely gravy!' and I was scandalised. He'd got the words wrong! I couldn't see what everyone was laughing at!11 years ago
Dawn Kay
I live in ashby de la zouch11 years ago
ashbytimuk
No Hugh, it isn't an abbey. In fact it wasn't much of a "castle", more a "fortified manor house". The song was written by two Americans who hadn't even visited Ashby but it did become something of a hit after World War II.11 years ago
Hugh7777
I haven't heard this for at least 60 years. I had no idea what the words meant then (you couldn't hear them nearly so well on the radio), and yes. it's right in the centre of England, could hardly be further from the sea if it tried.There is a castle, but it is an abbey?11 years ago
muso83
My choir is based in Ashby de la Zouch! This will be perfect for them... except for the fact it's nowhere near the sea! I think they just added that line for something easy to rhyme with...12 years ago
