"Don't Take My Boop-Oop-A-Doop Away" is a

song A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetit ...

, written by

Sammy Timberg Samuel Timberg (May 21, 1903 – August 26, 1992) was an American musician and composer for the stage, film studios, and television. Biography Timberg was born in New York City to a Jewish family originating in Austria, youngest son of Israel and ...

. It was first recorded for the short film '' Musical Justice'', with a vocal by

Mae Questel Mae Questel (born Mae Kwestel, September 13, 1908 – January 4, 1998) was an American actress. She was best known for providing the voices for the animated characters Betty Boop (from 1931) and Olive Oyl (from 1933). She began in vaudeville, ...

. It was then used in the 1932 Betty Boop

Talkartoons ''Talkartoons'' is a series of 42 animated cartoons produced by Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures between 1929 and 1932. History For the Fleischer brothers, the transition to sound was relatively easy. With the new contract ...

cartoon '' Boop-Oop-a-Doop''. The chorus follows as: :''You can feed me bread and water,'' :''Or a great big bale of hay,'' :''But don't take my boop-oop-a-doop away!;'' :''You can say my voice is awful,'' :''Or my songs are too risqué.'' :''Oh, but don't take my boop-oop-a-doop away!,'' The word "boop-oop-a-doop" is considered nonsensical, but it can have a risqué meaning. For example, in the ''Boop-Oop-a-Doop'' cartoon, it is thought that the word is used as a substitute for "virginity".Harness, Jill
"Happy Belated Birthday, Betty Boop!"
''mental floss''. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

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