For over 20 years, Bernie and Denise’s friend Doug Frazier composed a song annually for Mayoff Day. We are all grateful. The tradition continued until the Fraziers left Texas. This song book is a compilation of those songs.
All recordings are of the actual people in attendance.
Sung to the tune “Baby Elephant Walk”
Lyrics by Doug Frazier
Bernie and Denise went down to Cape Town.
Down to Africa to see the sights.
All day… They Flew…
When at last they finally arrived there
They toured the city, and then they headed out, excited, to the veldt.
Sung to the tune “Sunrise, Sunset”
Lyrics by Doug Frazier
Again it is time for celebration,
Time, now, to join our friends at play?
Each year we’ve met this special evening,
Mayoff Day.
Sung to the tune of Red River Valley
Lyrics by Doug Frazier
Time to gather again at the Mayoffs,
As each year, we all do, meeting here.
For it’s now Mayoff Day, time to gather,
And to raise cups for all gathered near.
Sung to the tune of Humoresque
Lyrics by Doug Frazier
Each Year, on Mayoff Day, we meet
To greet, and eat Denise’s treats
And catch up on each others tales and lives!
Sung to the tune of Humoresque
Lyrics by Doug Frazier
You know that it’s springtime in Texas
When the weather starts turning bizarre
On Monday it hails down while you shiver
And on Tuesday you roast in your car.
There were two songs this year. This one written by Doug Frazier and a surprise gift to Doug from the Mayoffs celebrating his decades of Writing the Songs.
Sung to the tune of ‘Itsy Bitsy, Teenie Weenie, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini.’
Lyrics by Doug Frazier
She was afraid to come out of the hot tub.
She was as nervous as she could be.
He, too, was stuck there in the hot tub.
They were afraid that somebody would see!
Sung to the tune, ‘I Write the Songs.’
Lyrics by Bernie “Manilow” Mayoff
He is Doug Frazier
And he wrote the very first song
He puts the words and the melodies together
He is Doug Frazier and he writes the songs
Sung to the the tune of “Yellow Rose of Texas”
Lyrics by Doug Frazier
Oh, June is fast approaching, the end of May is here.
That festive celebration we all enjoy is near.
We celebrate in springtime, when flowers brightly say,
“the world is in its splendor, prepared for Mayoff Day!’
Sung to the the tune of “Sixteen Tons”
Lyrics by Doug Frazier
Mayoff Day, and what do you get?
Bellinis and cookies, and maybe then wet!
It’s, ‘Hello,’ Bernie, Denise gets kissed,
then wave, ‘hi, there,’ to the friends that you’ve missed.
Due to road construction there were only small group parties and no song this year.