BOOMPS=A-DAISY!

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20909, 14 September 1939, Page 2

BOOMPS=A-DAISY!

> i MARCHING SONG ANNEXED > | WALTZ TUNE FROM LONDON I f ' The marching song of the British • : troops in France, “Boomps-a-Daisy,” which, according to a cable message. i : has been annexed by the French, and i seems likely to become the “TippeI rary" of the present campaign, is a i waltz tunc which was almost as popu--1 lar as Hie Lambeth Walk in England a : month or two ago. The words run:— 1 Hands, knees, and nOOMPS - A-DAISY! I like a bustle that bends. ; Hands, knees, and ROOM Ps-A-DAISY: What is a BOOM I' between Triends? I “Boomps-a-Daisy’ 1 was made up by a British song writer, Annne Ite Mills, who donned a gown with a bustle and. with a partner, began demonstrating the dance. It was featured in London dance halls and at provincial iee--1 skating carnivals, and then was pre- • sented by the band leader Jack Hylton ' in a revue at Ihe Palladium Theatre, t In July tlie song was launched in the ’ United Slates on a television prol giamine. "Boomps-a-Daisy" goes as follows: <• —lace partner, tap hands; clap hands - to knees; “with great delicacy and i discretion,” boomp hip against bustle; r place hand on heart, bow; waltz for four bars; repeat the whole thing.