Mae Questel - Don't Take My Boop-Oop-a-Doop Away (1931)

Betty Boop:

Ya know I was born with a certain habit that's part of me
It gives me happiness somehow

And now this habit is right at home in the heart of me
Without it I'm no good no how

You can feed me bread and water
or a great big bail of hay
But don't take my Boop-Oop-a-Doop away

You can say my voice is awful or my songs are too risque
But don't take my Boop-Oop-a-Doop away

I feel like a lonesome barrel without a hoop
If you should deprive me of my Boop-Oopy-Doop
Boop-Oop-a-Doop! It's the only thing I'll live for till the time I'm old and grey so don't take my Boop-Oop-a-Doop away

It would leave to to grieve that justice is always blind
I hope it won't be stalled this time
For the sake of all justice gentlemen leave behind
Forgive this little miss her crime
You can take her father's money
Make her boyfriends pay and pay
But don't take her
Boop-Oop-a-Doop away
You can lock them all in prison for a lifetime or a day
But don't take her Boop
A-doop away

She'd be like a little chicken locked in her coop
If you should deprive her of her Boop-Oop-a-Doop
Boop-Oop-a-Doop

If you've got a heart within you
Then I know you'll say okay
But don't take her Boop...