Per Rup A Pum Pum, Per Rup A Pum Pum

[Gromit]

What is it ?

Just heard it used on an advert/promo on tv.
I remember it from junior school, and like it.

Choir, young male voices. Something in English (I think) and then the earworm (per rup a pum pum) comes in.

[tonyav]

Maxine Harvey version.

[Gromit]

Tonyav,
That’s it.
I do not like the track with the wrong (for me vocalist). I like cover versions when they are very different from the original.

[naomi24]

I haven't read all the posts but I hate that song. It's like a dirge!

[Peter Pedant]

//Joe Dolce 'wotsa matta you?'
awful //

shard dappa your face ! I think of this when any Italian speaks in Manchester ( like you know once or twice a year)

I shudder at Two lickle boys wiv Rolf Harris
in fact I always used to shudder - but now it is more like a dog sqirling and shaking water off itself - along with the screams

[Mamyalynne]

The trouble with songs that gey hijacked by bad people and even worse situation is that it's often hard to disassociate them thereafter.

Take Peter's reference.

//"Two Little Boys" is a song written by American composer Theodore F. Morse and lyricist Edward Madden. It was written in 1902 and became a popular music hall song of the time, made popular by Harry Lauder. It describes the story of two boys who grow up to fight in a war.//

[andy-hughes]

To add to my previous point, watching people's faces as they sing 'Par rup a pump pum...' makes me feel uncomfortable - the same as when I watch people singing hymns on Songs Of Praise.

[emmie]

Little Drummer boy, they featured this in an amazing scene in the West Wing, great programme, fantastic music.

[mikey4444]

I can remember singing this when I was a very young treble, in about 1959 !

[naomi24]

Hate that song, Dirgey! (Doubt that's a word, but it'll do).

[emmie]

makes me cry every time