'Cause when she has to pick a hat,

She picks it off the trees.

She always has a half a dozen Romeos,

And when they come to sing a serenade, she throws

A lemon or banana like you throw a rose,

But Casanovas still prefer

That hep and happy character,

The lady in the tutti-frutti hat.

Have you ever kissed in the moonlight

In the grand and glorious

Gay notorious

South American Way?

I, I, I, I, I'd like you to hold me tight

You are too too too too too divine

If you want to be in someone's arms tonight

Just be sure the arms then are mine

Quotes & Videos:

"The Lady in a Tutti Frutti Hat" - Leo Robin & Harry Warren,

"South American Way" - Aloysio de Oliveira - English version by Al Dubim & Jimmy McHugh

"I Like You Very Much" - Harry Warren & Mack Gordon