Welcome. Edgartown News was born from the simple fact that I have ink and Dektol in my veins and I need to write and photograph more than I need air or food, and from my love for this little town where I grew up and raised my family, the town I have left a few times but can't quite shake for good. Here you will find the wanderings and musings, photographs and commentary; the people, places, and happenings - past and present - of a small island town: my home town.

Friday, September 3, 2021

Mairzy Doats and Dozey Doats

Apparently, goats love poison ivy, which brings to mind this little song my brother used to sing to me when I was a little girl: 

Mairzy doats and dozey doats and little lambsie-divey, 
A kiddley divey, too, wouldn't you? 
Mairzy doats and dozey doats and little lambsie-divey, 
A kiddley divey, too, wouldn't you? 
Now if the words sound queer, and funny to your ear, 
A little bit jumbled and jivey, 
Say, "Mares eat oats, and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy."

mairzy doats, goats, sweetened water field, poison ivy
Goats, as far as the eye can see, at Sweetened Water Field. Do you have a poison ivy problem on your property or need your field mowed? Solution: hire a herd of goats to come in and clean the place out. They will literally eat anything. Many years ago, a goat ripped a diaper off of my toddler daughter in the petting zoo at Busch Gardens and would have eaten it had it not been for our intervention. 

mairzy doats, goats, sweetened water field, poison ivy
mairzy doats, goats, sweetened water field, poison ivy
mairzy doats, goats, sweetened water field, poison ivy

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