THE HEHR ARCHIVE, Jul 25, 2024
Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904– December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer.[1] His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. A widely popular star in the jazz and swing eras, he toured internationally, achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. On this recording in New York April 11th 1940 Fats Waller & his Rhythm. The tune is “Eep, Ipe, Wanna Piece of Pie” ,,,
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series about sources for the children's recreational rhymes Rhymes "Ooh Ah! I Wanna Piece Of Pie", "ABC It's Easy As Do Re Me A & similarly titled rhymes.
This pancocojams post presents information about a short story that was written in 1938 by Richard Wright, and YouTube examples Of three music sources and a cigarette Ad
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/11/part-ii-timeline-for-sources-of-tune.html for Part II of this three part pancocojams series. That post presents a timeline with additional information about the literary source, music sources, and the cigarette ad source for the "Ooh Ah! I Wanna Piece Of Pie", "ABC It's Easy As Do Re Me A & similarly titled rhymes.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/11/part-iii-examples-of-ooh-ah-i-wanna.html for Part III of this three part pancocojams series. That post presents some examples of fhe children's recreational rhymes "Ooh Ah! I Wanna Piece Of Pie", "ABC It's Easy As Do Re Me", "Winston Tastes Good", & similarly titled rhymes from the late 1960s to 2015.
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EXCERPT FROM RICHARD WRIGHT'S 1938 SHORT STORY "BIG BOY LEAVES HOME" (in his book "Uncle Tom's Children")
Fromhttps://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Toms-Children-Richard-Wright/dp/0061450200
...."Set in the American Deep South, each of the powerful novellas collected here concerns an aspect of the lives of black people in the post-slavery era, exploring their resistance to white racism and oppression. Originally published in 1938, Uncle Tom's Children was the first book from Richard Wright, who would continue on to worldwide fame as the author of numerous works, most notably the acclaimed novel Native Son and his autobiography, Black Boy."...
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Here's that example:
"Bye n bye
Ah wanna piece of pie
Pies too sweet
Ah wanna piece of meat
Meats too red
Ah wanna piece of bread
Breads too brown
Ah wanna go to town
Towns too far
Ah wanna ketch a car
Cars too fas
Ah fall n break mah ass
Ah'll understan it better bye n bye"
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It's possible that Richard Wright composed this rhyme, but he may have heard it chanted and then included it in his "Big Boy Leaves Home" story.
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The YouTube song file that is given at the top of this pancocojams post is of African American Jazz pianist and vocalist Fats Waller singing “Eep, Ipe, Wanna Piece of Pie”. Here are partial lyrics for that song:
Subject: Lyr Add: EEP, IPE, WANNA PIECE OF PIE (Fats Waller
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 06:12 PM
"This is the song that I was reminded of when reading the thread Lyr Req: Oh my, I want a piece of pie, and which in turn inspired me to start this thread about eephing.
This is my transcription from Fats Waller and His Rhythm, on the 78-rpm record MIGHTY FINE (Razaf, Waller) b/w EEP, IPE, WANNA PIECE OF PIE (Blaine, Dann), Bluebird 10744, 1940:
By Jerry Blaine and Artie Dann (some sources add: Nick Catamas)
J. R. LaFleur & Son Ltd., 1940.
Eep*, ipe*, wanna piece of pie.
Eep*, ipe*, wanna bowl of soup.
Eep*, ipe*, let your tongue turn.
Eep*, ipe*, easy to learn.
Eep*, ipe*, clock is on the wall.
Eep*, ipe*, sounds like doubletalk.
Eep*, ipe*, ippy ippy way.
Eep*, wop*, wop*, wop*, you do it all day."...
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YOUTUBE EXAMPLE #2 - King Coleman - The Boo Boo song [1967]
SleazyEmotions, May 16, 2010
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[lyrics for that song at 1:57* [transcribed by Azizi Powell from that recording]
"Eee eye I wanna a piece of pie
[female singers echo each line]
Pie too sweet, I wanna a piece of meat
The meat too tough I wanna ride a bus
The bus too full I wanna ride a bull
The bull won’t play, he had this to say
He said “ooh ahh ahh ooh aah ahh ooh aah ahh ooh ooh ooh
Come on baby, come on baby, show your daddy what you can do"...
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YOUTUBE EXAMPLE #3- Winston taste good like a cigarette should - equestian
maninov4u, Apr 9, 2015
60's "Winston" cigarette commercial
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AI Overview Write-up (results of my query on November 3, 2025]
"The "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" slogan first appeared in print ads in September 1954. The first television ads and sponsorships for the slogan, which included the first Winston television ads, began in 1955.
Print: The first print ad for Winston cigarettes, using the slogan (with the addition of "real"), appeared in The Pittsburgh Press in September 1954. The phrase was then adapted to the now-famous wording for subsequent ads in magazines and other outlets.
Television: Television ads, along with sponsorships, began in 1955, when Winston became the sponsor for news and variety shows."
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The "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" is found in the beginning of a few versions of "Ooh Ah! I Wanna Piece Of Pie" children's recreation rhymes. Read two of those examples in Part III of this pancocojams series.
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