"Merrily We Roll Along" Through the Years! (Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes)

One thing I noticed about the Merrie Melodies cartoons were the numerous variations of its famous theme song, "Merrily We Roll Along." This was especially true when Carl Stalling was doing the music for the Warner cartoons; during the late 1930s he came out with a NUMBER of variations. This includes most (if not all) of these Carl Stalling arrangements, along with the 1955 Milt Franklyn version, the early 1960s unused Milt Franklyn versions, then several contemporary arrangements of the theme used in newer productions (but I steer away from that strange dissonant version used on "The Looney Tunes Show!") Unlike the logo montages I've seen, this is only to showcase the evolution of the theme music. 00:00 - First prototype version of the opening theme, only used on "Boulevardier from the Bronx" (1936) 00:18 - Similar to the last version, but with a few of the familiar elements already in place 00:35 - Similar to the previous version, but at a slightly slower tempo, early 1937 00:54 - Another early variant similar to the last one 01:14 - Yet another variant of the last few 01:34 - The final piece is added: the zooming shield sound effect at the start, mid-1937 01:54 - First closing variation of the theme, mid-1937 02:03 - Slightly modified version of the opening theme, with more woodwinds, late 1937 02:22 - Second closing variation of the theme, late 1937 02:30 - Another experimental opening theme variation, early 1938 02:49 - Another alternate take on the opening theme, 1938 03:10 - The first "perfected" version of the opening theme, early 1939 03:29 - Third closing variation of the theme, late 1938 03:36 - Slight modification to the opening theme, late 1940 03:56 - Alternate variation of above, late 1940 04:16 - More "brassy" version with several modifications, also the famous version used on the Blue Ribbon reissues, 1941 04:35 - Fourth closing version of the theme, 1941 04:43 - First shortened version of the theme, 1945 04:57 - Milt Franklyn's take on the shortened version, 1955 05:11 - Milt Franklyn closing version of the theme, 1955 05:18 - Unused Milt Franklyn version of the full-length theme, meant for a revamped Merrie Melodies opening sequence, 1961-1962 05:43 - Another unused Milt Franklyn version, this time in a more jazzy manner, 1961-1962 06:07 - Arrangement on the short version of the opening theme by George Daughtery, 1994 06:20 - Closing variation of above theme, 1994 06:28 - Richard Stone arrangement of the short opening theme, 1995 06:41 - Enhanced variation of the Milt Franklyn opening version, 1993 06:55 - Another Richard Stone arrangement, 2000 07:08 - Closing variation of above theme, 2000 07:16 - Walter Murphy arrangement of the opening theme, 2003