The Alley Kats - "Puddin Tain" (Sound File & Lyrics)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases a sound file of and lyrics to the 1962 doo wop song "Puddin Tain" by The Alley Kats. A sound file of a cover of this song that was recorded by The Kit Kats is also featured in this post.

The content of this post is presented for folkloric, and entertainment purposes.

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT "PUDDIN TAIN"
"Puddin Tane" is the title of particular English language children's folk rhymes that are made up of smart alecky rhyming retorts to commonly asked questions. In each version of these rhymes "Puddin Tane" (or a similarly spelled second word) serves as the response which is given by the person who is asked the question "What's your name?". In that sense, "Puddin" is a male or female nickname and "Tane" is given as a last name.

Although it appears that all of the lines of this rhyme are now usually recited by the same person, "Puddin Tane" may have originated as a call & response dialogue rhyme (a rhyme in which each line is alternately spoken by one of two people).

Here's the short version of "Puddin Tane" that I believe is most commonly found at the present time in the United States. The lines that are spoken by the person responding to the questions are given in brackets:

What's your name?
[Puddin Tane
Ask me again
And I'll tell you the same.]
-snip-
Click http://cocojams.com/content/early-examples-childrens-rhyme-puddin-tane for more information about and early examples of the folk rhyme "Puddin Tane"

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FEATURED SOUND FILE - THE ALLEY KATS - "PUDDIN TAIN"

Alley Cats - Puddin' N' Tain - Early Phil Spector Production - Great Doo Wop Rocker



PJDooWop,Uploaded on Sep 24, 2009

Doo wop rocker here. One of the few male groups [Phil] Spector worked with early on.

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FEATURED SOUND FILE - THE KIT KATS - "PUDDIN TAIN"

THE KIT KATS_Puddin'n'Tain



whitedoowopcollector, Uploaded on Feb 9, 2009

http://whitedoowopcollector.blogspot.com


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LYRICS- PUDDIN TAIN
(Songwriters: Brice Coefield, Gary Pipkin, Alonzo Willis)

Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same

Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same

Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same

You won't believe this story
While I was walking
One bright and sunny day
I met a little sweet, sweet girl
Who chanced to walk my way
I asked her, her name
Here's what she said to me

Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same

Oh, golly gee
If she would only belong to me
And I would tell the world
The whole wide world
That I'm in love with

Puddin' n' tain
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same

Oh well now she's so pretty
She's so fine
She's so sweet
Just my kind

All because she's pretty
All because she's fine
I want this girl to be mine

Now we're going steady
And I've found out
Her real name is Betty

I'll tell the world
The whole wide world
That I'm in love with

Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same

Puddin' n' tain,
Puddin' n' tain
Ask me again
I'll tell you the same
[repeat 2 more times]

Reposted from http://www.songlyrics.com/the-alley-cats/puddin-n-tain-lyrics/

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS
My thanks to those who composed and recorded the song "Puddin Tain". Thanks also to the uploaders of these featured sound files, and to the transcriber of this song.

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