Three Little Fishies (In a Itty Bitty Poo)

-Kay Kyser, 1939

Intro
Man’s voice (Kay Kyser): Three little fishies in a itty-bitty poo
Sully, Ginny, Ish Kabibble and “Poopee doopee doop” Babbitt
Verse 1 (Key of F; Chords throughout: ||: F F/A Bb C :|| F F7/A Bb Bdim7 C7 F )
Man’s voice (Sully Mason): Baby’s voice (Ish Kabibble):
Down in the meadow in the itty bitty poo Down in the midi in a itty bitty poo
Swam the three little fishies and the mama fishie, too Thwam thwee little fitties and a mama fittie, too
“Swim,” said the mamma fishie, “swim if you can” Thwim thaid the mama fittie, thwim if you can
And they swam, swam, swam right over the dam And they thwam, and they thwam, right over the dam

Harry Babbitt: ||: Poop, poop, did-dum, dad-dum, wad-um, choo :|| REPEAT 3X’S
And they swam, and they swam, all over the dam
Verse 2
Man’s voice (Sully Mason): Baby’s voice (Ish Kabibble):
“Stop,” said the mama fishie, “or you’ll get lost” “Th-top,” said the mama fittie, “you’ll get lost”
But the three little fishies didn’t want to be bossed But the thwee little fitties didn’t want to be bossed
So the three little fishies went out on a spree The thwee little fitties went out on a th-pwee
And they swam, swam, swam right out to sea They thwam, and they thwam, right out to sea
Harry Babbitt: ||: Poop, poop, riddle-diddle dazzle, blup :|| REPEAT 3X’S
And they swam, and they swam, out to sea

Verse 3 (Modulates up to Key of Ab; Chords throughout: ||: Ab Ab/C Db Eb :|| Ab Ab7/C Db Ddim7 Eb7 Ab)
Woman’s voice (Ginny Simms): Baby’s voice (Ish Kabibble):
“Whee,” yelled the fishies, “oh, here’s a lota fun! “Whee,” yelled the little fitties, “lots a fun!
Swim in the sea till the day is done” I’ll thwim in the thea till the day is done”
So they swam, and they swam, it was all a lark How they thwam, and they thwam, and it was a lark
Till all of a sudden they met a shark Till all of a sudden, they saw a thark

Harry Babbitt: Poop, poop, skittle-dee-did, [whistle] [blurp]

Poop, poop, skittle-dee-did, [whistle, whistle] [blurp, blurp]
Poop, poop, skittle-dee-did, [whistle, whistle, whistle] [blurp, blurp, blurp]
Till all of a sudden, they saw a shark

Verse 4
Woman’s voice (Ginny Simms): Baby’s voice (Ish Kabibble):
“Help!” cried the fishies. “Oh, look at the whales” “Help!” cried the fitties. “Oh, look at the whale”
Quick as they could, they turned on their tails Quick as they could they turned on their tail
Back to the poo in the meadow they swam Back to the poo in the medi they thwam
And swam, and swam back over the dam And they thwam, and they thwam to the same old dam
Harry Babbitt: ||: Poop, poop, poo, ooh-di-la-rad-i-sackie :||REPEAT 2X’S
Poop, poop, poo / And they swam, and they swam back over the dam
Baby’s voice: “Oh, that shark almost ate us for seafood, mama”