[Dixielandjazz] Makin' Whoopee (meaning)

[cmhallin at algonet.se]

>----Dr. Luis Daniel Flores FRCOG wrote:----
>I do have five versions of this tender song: Armstrong (2), Southern 
jazz and
>Stephen Grappelli, and Ray Charles
>I want to know the meaning of this word ´´Whoopee´´

To make whoopee in the general sense means to party, to have fun; in 
the context of the song, given the content of the lyrics, I've always 
interpreted as a very thinly veiled reference to a specific form of 
fun, i.e. sex.

Its a very good tune, too, that I've always enjoyed playing; from a 
musical point of view, I mean, rather than because of the double 
entendre.

All the best,

/Mattias



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Mattias Hallin · Brussels · Belgium · <cmhallin at algonet.se>

"Oh bury me thar! With my battered git-tar!
A-screamin' my heart out fer yew!"