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The song occurs as a vocal three more times in the film soundtrack, along with several short instrumental references in the underscore:
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and his male chorus later recorded a single of the song for the children's label
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As a quartet, sung by Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, again Buddy Ebsen's voice, and
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sang the song on the surface of the Moon while hopping in lunar gravity.
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The song was later heard in a few MGM animated cartoons, notably the
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replaced Ebsen on-screen and in the Tin Man's solo recording of "
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