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In Canada, the song was popularised by the children's music band Sharon, Lois & Bram, who first released it on their debut album One Elephant, Deux Elephants, and then sang it on The Elephant Show. Skinnamarink became their signature song, and their next television show was named Skinnamarink TV after it.
The Echo. The song Skid-dy-mer-rink-adink-aboomp (Means I Love You), known to most as Skinnamarink, originated in the 1910 Broadway musical The Echo, a comedy production by Charles Dillingham. While the show closed after a few months, the song endured, and was repopularized in the 1950s by Jimmy Durante.
Remember the elephant song, One elephant went out to play upon a spiders web one day... and let's not forget Skidamarink - Skidamarink a-dink, a-dink, Skidamarink a-doo, I love you. The Elephant Show aired originally on CBC from 1984 to 1988.
Actually, Skidamarink does not mean anything. It's just a silly, made-up word. The song is originally from an early 20th century Broadway musical, and over the years has been sung as Skinnamarink, Skinnymarink, Skiddymerink, and more.
The song's meaning is spelled out in its signature lyrics, skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp / Skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo / Means I love you. Its origins date back to 1910 when it was written by Broadway lyricist Felix F. Feist and composer Al Piantadosi for the musical The Echo.