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Thread #3460   Message #1698243
Posted By: Jim Dixon
19-Mar-06 - 09:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Princess Poo-Poo-Ly Has Plenty Pa-Pa-Ya
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Princess Papooli's Papaya
Here's the catalog data from Indiana University Sheet Music Collections:

Title: PRINCESS POO-POO-LY HAS PLENTY PA-PA-YA
Title: (AND SHE LOVES TO GIVE IT AWAY)
Composer: Owens, Harry
Lyricist: Owens, Harry
Publisher: Harry Owens
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Date of publication: 1940
Call Number: M1 .D48 Box: 137 Item: 047
Performance Medium: Piano, Voice and Chords
First Line: The Princess Poo-poo-ly has plenty pa-pa-ya
Artist: La Salle
Genre: Popular song
Subject term: Food

The title has been altered somewhat in various recordings:

PRINCESS POO-POO-LY HAS PLENTY PAPAYA recorded by
Alfred Apaka on "My Isle of Golden Dreams," 1963; "Best of Alfred Apaka," 1971; and "Best of Alfred Apaka, Vol. 2," 1987.
Harry Owens on "Aloha," 1998; and "Hawaiian Music," 2003.
Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm on "Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm," 1996; and "Hurry on Down," 2001.

PRINCESS PUPULE (POO-POO-LY), recorded by Joanna Young on the various-artists compilation "Hana Hou! Do It Again," 1994.

PRINCESS POO POO LY, recorded by Big Kahuna & the Copa Cat Pack on "Shake Those Hula Hips," 2001. (I don't know whether this version has words.)

PRINCESS POO-POO-LY, recorded by 'Ale'A on "Origins/Kinohi," 2002. (They sing "Princess Poo-poo-ly's not truly a loony...")