Oo Bop Sha Bam A Klook A Mop

[Dr Dave]

Oo Bop Sha Bam A Klook A Mop...

[Nate Dorward]

Nanu nanu.

[bostontricky]

Huzzah Cuzzar Bump Fazzit.

Rugger bady boodie bumpers

[bluenoter]

Originally Posted by Dr Dave

Oo Bop Sha Bam A Klook A Mop...

Oo Bop Sha Bam A Klook A Mop,
Ish Biddily Oten Doten Wah Bop A Deeten Doten . . .

[bostontricky]

Originally Posted by bluenoter

Oo Bop Sha Bam A Klook A Mop,
Ish Biddily Oten Doten Wah Bop A Deeten Doten . . .

All right, I'm stumped. Even looked here for help.

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I realize this may have nothing to do directly with the thread title, but please allow me to add:

Rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong
Shoo-bop sha wadda wadda yippity boom de boom
Chang chang changitty chang sha-bop
Dip da-dip da-dip doo-wop da doo-bee doo
Boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedy shoo-be doo-wop she-bop
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na yippity dip de doom
A wop ba-ba lu-mop a wop bam boom!

[cookie]

oolyah coo!

[bluenoter]

Tricky--

Try Googling Oop Bop Sh Bam Gillespie (as in Dizzy).

Then think of the sound of a bop riff--say, a horn riff or a drum riff ("Ish Biddily Oten Doten . . . " is definitely a drum riff).

Originally Posted by bostontricky

I realize this may have nothing to do directly with the thread title, but please allow me to add:

Originally Posted by bostontricky

Rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong
Shoo-bop sha wadda wadda yippity boom de boom
Chang chang changitty chang sha-bop
Dip da-dip da-dip doo-wop da doo-bee doo
Boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedy shoo-be doo-wop she-bop
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na yippity dip de doom
A wop ba-ba lu-mop a wop bam boom!

Most or all of those are examples of the same principle, though not in reference to bop. In an all-vocal group, they would serve as "instrumental lines." (I'm trying soooo hard to avoid looking up the spelling of "onomato . . . " and "a capella.")

[Cem]

fruit-flan...eclair...marzipan...Nanaimo bar...bird's nest...cruller!!

[clinthopson]

Old Cadillacs never die, the finance company just takes them away.

[cookie]

skidda boomp

[bluenoter]

Originally Posted by bluenoter

Ish Biddily Oten Doten Wah Bop A Deeten Doten . . .

BTW, that's not original; it's part of an old (from my youth) camp cheer. Most of the cheer is sung rather than spoken; it's call-and-response; and it has shifting motifs of what really are nonsense words, vaguely Native American- or Polynesian-sounding--except for that "drum riff," which is near the end. The version I know is long, and I remember only parts of it--e.g.,

Pommelah p'koomelah p'koomelah veestay
(Pommelah p'koomelah p'koomelah veestay)
Veestay
(Veestay)
Veestay
(Veestay)
Oh, no, no, no, not the veestay
(Oh, no, no, no, not the veestay)
Ish biddily oten doten wah bop a deeten doten . . .


Here's a version of another part of it, from online:

Eenie meenie disaleenie ooh ah ah hameenie
Ahtchah kahtchah koomahrahtchah ah ooh ooh . . .

(This post is deeply revelatory, I might add.)

[Peterdubya]

Not to get too picky here, but I believe the correct pronunciation is :
Ooh bop sha bam, a Floogle Mop....

[bluenoter]

Originally Posted by Peterdubya

Not to get too picky here, but I believe the correct pronunciation is :
Ooh bop sha bam, a Floogle Mop....

Floogle mop, klooka mop, glooga mop--one thing's for sure: as recorded by Billy Eckstine and Dizzy Gillespie bands, it's oop bop sh'bam.

[hornplayer]

Let's not get picky. It's all good!

[bluenoter]

Originally Posted by hornplayer

Let's not get picky. It's all good!

Originally Posted by cookie

skidda boomp

[John L]

I-eat-oats-and-goats-eat-oats-and-little-lambs-eat-ivy
A-Kid'l-eat-ivy-too

[clinthopson]

Originally Posted by John L

I-eat-oats-and-goats-eat-oats-and-little-lambs-eat-ivy
A-Kid'l-eat-ivy-too

What ever happened to Kaye Kayser? Or the Kaiser-Fraser, for that matter.

[RedJazz]

Originally Posted by clinthopson

What ever happened to Kaye Kayser? Or the Kaiser-Fraser, for that matter.

He went into the HMO business with Ish Kabbible

[RedJazz]

Originally Posted by John L

I-eat-oats-and-goats-eat-oats-and-little-lambs-eat-ivy
A-Kid'l-eat-ivy-too

Actually its: marsy doats and goatsy doats and little lambsie divy, a kiddle e divy do wouldn't you?

[bluenoter]

Originally Posted by John L

I-eat-oats-and-goats-eat-oats-and-little-lambs-eat-ivy
A-Kid'l-eat-ivy-too

Obviously, you're too young to remember "Mairzy Doats."

[Surfer]

Homer: dee dee-dee dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee --
Marge: That's "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
Homer: OK, then, this: doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo --
Marge: That's the same thing; you just replaced "dee"s with "doo"s.
Homer: D'oh!

[walto]

Grease Soundtrack Lyrics

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Song: We Go Together Lyrics


We go together like ramma lamma lamma ka dinga da dinga dong
Remembered forever as shoo-bop sha whada whadda yippidy boom da boom
Chang chang changity chang shoo bop that's the way it should be
Waooo Yeah

We're one of a kind like dip da dip da dip do whap de dobby do
Our names are signed boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedy shooby do wap shoo bop
Chang chang changity chang shoo bop we'll always be like one
Wa-wa-wa-one

When we go out a night (oh-h oh)
And stars are shining bright (oh-h, oh)
Up in the skies above
Or at the high school dance
Where you can find romance maybe it might be lo-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uve

Ramma lamma lamma ka dingity ding da dong
Shoo bop shoo wadda wadda yippity boom da boom
Chang chang changity chang shoo bop
Dip da dip da dip do wop da dooby do
Boogy boogy boogy boogy shooby sho wap sho wap
Sha na na na na na na na yippity dip da do
Ramma lamma lamma ka dingity ding da dong
Shoo bop shoo wadda wadda yippity boom sha boom
Chang chang changity chang shoo bop
Yip da dip da dip shoo bopp sha dooby do
Boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedy shooby do wap sho bop
Sha na na na na na na na yippity dip da do
A womp bop a looma a womp bam boom

We're for each other like womp bop a looma a womp bam boom
Just like my brother is sha na na na na na na na yippity dip da do
Chang chang changity chang shoo bop we'll always be together
Waooo Yeah!

We'll always be together
We'll always be together
We'll always be together
We'll always be together
We'll always be together
We'll always be together
We'll always be together

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

Mene mene tekel upharsin,
A kid'll upharsin, too, wouldn't you?

[bostontricky]

Originally Posted by walto

Grease Soundtrack Lyrics

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Song: We Go Together Lyrics


Ramma lamma lamma ka dingity ding da dong
Shoo bop shoo wadda wadda yippity boom da boom
Chang chang changity chang shoo bop
Dip da dip da dip do wop da dooby do
Boogy boogy boogy boogy shooby sho wap sho wap
Sha na na na na na na na yippity dip da do
Ramma lamma lamma ka dingity ding da dong
Shoo bop shoo wadda wadda yippity boom sha boom
Chang chang changity chang shoo bop
Yip da dip da dip shoo bopp sha dooby do
Boogedy boogedy boogedy boogedy shooby do wap sho bop
Sha na na na na na na na yippity dip da do
A womp bop a looma a womp bam boom

Hey! (cf. post #6)

I'm trying to transcribe Louis Armstrong's vocal to "The Faithful Hussar" (off Ambassador Satch), but I'm laughing too hard. Apparently Satchmo couldn't remember the title to the song (he introduces it as "Huzzah Cuzzar") or the lyrics, hence his scatting.

[bluenoter]

Originally Posted by Squaredancecalling Steve

Mene mene tekel upharsin,
A kid'll upharsin, too, wouldn't you?

Yow! Is that original? Truly demented!

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

Thank you! It's been that kind of day -- we've got the roofers.

[John L]

Originally Posted by RedJazz

Actually its: marsy doats and goatsy doats and little lambsie divy, a kiddle e divy do wouldn't you?

Guilty as charged. Fact is, I eat at least as many oats as Marsy Doats.

[walto]

Originally Posted by bostontricky

Hey! (cf. post #6)

Oops--sorry BT. All these changa langas are hard for me to keep straight.

[bluenoter]

Originally Posted by RedJazz

Actually its: marsy doats and goatsy doats and little lambsie divy, a kiddle e divy do wouldn't you?

Originally Posted by John L

Guilty as charged. Fact is, I eat at least as many oats as Marsy Doats.

See also the lyrics (as composed) linked below, in which "dozy doats."

Originally Posted by bluenoter

Obviously, you're too young to remember "Mairzy Doats."

I hadn't noticed your post, RedJazz.