Yale's "Boola-Boola" (30 October 1900)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> Since Hirsch clearly took the word "boola" from the earlier song, I would
> conjecture that it originated because Cole and Johnson wanted a word that
> rhymed with "boola" and it has no other meaning beyond that.

I meant, "Cole and Johnson wanted a word that rhymed with 'hoola'."

Fred Shapiro


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