"Playmates" is a popular song ostensibly written by Saxie Dowell.
The main theme was note-for-note plagiarized from the 1904 intermezzo "Iola" by Charles L. Johnson, for which Johnson sued, settling out of court for an undisclosed sum.
Recordings in 1940 were made by Kay Kyser and his orchestra (vocals: Sully Mason & His Playmates), by Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions In Music (vocals: Mary Ann Mercer & Tommy Taylor), and by Hal Kemp and the Smoothies.
The Johnny McGee orchestra also recorded it in February 1940 with the vocal by Harry Garret (actually Harry Garey) and Carol Anderson.
The song was on the Cash Box magazine chart for three weeks, peaking at number 37.