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

song A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usu ...

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 an ...

. It was first recorded for the short film ''

Musical Justice ''Musical Justice'' is a 1931 Paramount Pictures musical short starring Betty Boop and Rudy Vallée and directed by Aubrey Scotto. Plot summary ''Musical Justice'' stars Rudy Vallée as judge and His Connecticut Yankees as jury presiding ove ...

'', 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). Questel began her career ...

. It was then used in the 1932

Betty Boop Betty Boop is a cartoon character designed by Grim Natwick at the request of Max Fleischer. She originally appeared in the '' Talkartoon'' and ''Betty Boop'' film series, which were produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pic ...

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

cartoon ''

Boop-Oop-a-Doop ''Boop-Oop-a-Doop'' is an animated short film created by Fleischer Studios and released on January 16, 1932, which is part of the Talkartoon series. Plot The film begins with an image of Betty Boop on a flag, which is flying over a circus big t ...

''. 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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