OK, time to do my part. When I was a kid, my mom got us an album of 78s called "King Cole for Kids". It was his wonderful trio doing children's songs. The most memorable tune is also on a "Greatest Hits" of the Nat Cole Trio I got recently. It's called "Ke-mo, Ki-mo" (pronounced kee-mo, kye-mo), and, from memory, goes like this:

[Spoken intro by Cole, something like, "Boys and girls, did you ever wish you had a magic potion to make dreams come true? Well, listen to this..."]

Ke-mo, ki-mo spare-o-spare
Ma-hi, ma-ho, ma-rump-sticka-pumpernickle
Soup-bang, nip-cat, polly-mitcha-cameo
I love you.
Ke-mo, ki-mo spare-o-spare
Ma-hi, ma-ho, ma-rump-sticka-pumpernickle
Soup-bang, nip-cat, polly-mitcha-cameo
I love you.

Once a great magician taught me what to say,
So now I'll use these magic words
To steal your heart away.

Ke-mo, ki-mo spare-o-spare
Ma-hi, ma-ho, ma-rump-sticka-pumpernickle
Soup-bang, nip-cat, polly-mitcha-cameo
I love you.

[Cole goes through this twice. The second time he speaks one of the "ke-mo, ki-mo"s, as if making sure we get it. At the end he says, "See what I mean?"]

I love this little tune, don't you?

James.