Toot Toot Tootsie! (Goodbye)

Album: The Jazz Singer (1923)
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  • Toot, toot, Tootsie, good-bye!
    Toot, toot, Tootsie, don't cry
    The choo choo train that takes me
    Away from you no words can tell how sad it makes me
    Kiss me, Tootsie, and then
    Do it over again, watch for the mail, I'll never fail
    If you don't get a letter then you'll know I'm in jail
    Toot, toot, Tootsie don't cry
    Toot, toot, Tootsie, good-bye

    Toot, toot, Tootsie, good-bye!
    Toot, toot, Tootsie, don't cry
    The choo choo train that takes me
    Away from you no words can tell how sad it makes me
    Kiss me, Tootsie, and then
    Do it over again, watch for the mail, I'll never fail
    If you don't get a letter then you'll know I'm in jail
    Toot, toot, Tootsie don't cry
    Toot, toot, Tootsie, good-bye Lyrics from a song in Public Domain

Comments: 4

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyConcerning the above mentioned 'Jazz Singer'; on October 6th 1927, the movie premiered at the Warners' Theater in New York City; it was first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue sequences, but it was not a complete 'talkie', there were just 291 spoken words in the film...
    "Toot Toot Tootsie" was also covered by Tony Bennett, Brenda Lee, and Wayne Newton.
  • Ian from Melbourne, AustraliaI Will remember this song cause when i was 18 i song nearly all Al's songs to my mum and family and im only 30 now
  • Dana from Greenwood, ScI always remember this song from the "Fudge" books where Peter and Fudge's little sister's nickname is Tootsie.
  • Margaret from Buellton, CaAn episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" ("Aunt Bee's Medicine Man") features this song sung by a tipsy Aunt Bee after drinking some "elixir" (moonshine) sold to her by a traveling salesman. She is hilarious as she plays the piano and sings this with young Opie (Ron Howard). She even has a drunken spin around on the piano stool. Hands-down my favorite rendition of this song EVER.
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