Do Your Ears Hang Low?

Ever since I started wearing glasses when I was twelve years old, I've known that my ears were lopsided. The right one is lower than the left one. For some reason I really noticed the difference after my shower this morning while I was doing my hair. Not only is the right ear lower, it sticks out slightly more - and I had never noticed that before. The song 'Do Your Ears Hang Low'? popped into my head. I knew all the words to the first verse, but not if I remembered them from my childhood or from when my children were little.

I was surprised to find that the song dates from 1838, probably written by George Washington Dixon. There are some vulgar versions of the song including one that was popular among the soldiers in WWI. These are the  five stanzas of the children's novelty song. 

Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie 'em in a knot?
Can you tie 'em in a bow?
Can you throw 'em o'er your shoulder
Like a continental soldier?
Do your ears hang low?

Do your ears stand high?
Do they reach up to the sky?
Do they droop when they are wet?
Do they stiffen when they're dry?
Can you wave them at your neighbor
With an element of flavor?
Do your ears stand high?

Do your ears flip-flop?
Can you use them as a mop?
Are they stringy at the bottom?
Are they curly at the top?
Can you use them for a swatter?
Can you use them for a blotter?
Do your ears flip-flop?

Do your ears stick out?
Can you waggle them about?
Can you flap them up and down
As you fly around the town?
Can you shut them up for sure
When you hear an awful bore?
Do your ears stick out?

Do your ears give snacks?
Are they all filled up with wax?
Do you eat it in the morning
Do you eat it in the bath?
Do you eat it with a scone
Or do you eat it on its own?
Do your ears give snacks?

I remember Mom once telling me that after checking the fingers and toes on each of us after we were born that she looked to see if our ears stood out like Dad's did. None of her four children had inherited Dad's protruding ears. 

A few years ago I read an article that said the first born daughter takes after her father. I do have Dad's large ears and nose and more of his temperment.

This is a photo of him when he was around 12 years old.