OK, guys, I am losing my mind right now. It’s been almost 8 years since the first time I saw the show. I have seen every episode multiple times. I’m pretty much obsessed with this series. I know quite a lot about it, too.
But it wasn’t until recently that I discovered there are two different versions of Boylan’s drugged singing.
In one released version, he sings the song “Mairzy Doats” (“Mares eat oats, does eat oats, little lambs eat ivy…”).
In another released version, he sings the song “Three Blind Mice” (“They all ran after the farmer’s wife…”).
The visual footage is the same, so clearly at least one of these songs was dubbed over what he was really singing during filming. Maybe both of them were dubbed over the original, who knows? Not me. I don’t even know which version is the one that was released first, when the show aired in the US back in 2011. If anybody can help me figure out what the original is, I will appreciate it. If not, just enjoy poor Boylan’s singing.
Edit: I’ve come to the conclusion that the original version that aired on Fox in 2011 is more likely “Mairzy Doats,” and “Three Blind Mice” is more likely the alternative version. I’m not sure about it, but that’s what I suspect.
