"The Daffy Duckaroo" question

[John Doe]

For those of you who have the computer colorized version of "The Daffy Duckaroo" that has most recently aired on Nickelodeon (I don't think it's ever aired on Cartoon Network), is the first part of Daffy's musical number missing? If so, what was taken out?

[J Lee]

As I recall, the hand colored version contained the same edit, so either it was always like that (very Clampett-like, and McCabe once was Bob's head animator), or there was something in there Warners found equally offensive in 1992 as they did in 1968 and edited it out in the same spot.

Now, of course, thanks to the fear of bad publicity, CN thinks the whole cartoon is offensive, so if it runs at all, it would be on LNB&W or at 3 a.m. some morning on a late-night only Acme Hour or Bugs & Daffy.

[Larry T]

I've noted this once before, and I asked the same question. I have a 16mm B&W Guild film print of that cartoon with a splice at the beginning during Daffy's song. However, in my version, he sings the FIRST line of the song, "Close your sleepy eyes, my little buckaroo. While the lights of western Skies are shining down on you", and then there's a splice to "Howdy, you all..."

But on the colourized version, I know he sings the SECOND line, "Don't you know it's time for bed another day is through, so hit the hay, my little buckaroo".

This has always puzzled me, I mean, the cartoon is just getting started. What could possibly have been cut out of it??