Perry Como (single; 1962; Maurice 'Bugs' Bower, Earl Shuman; AGP)
(In certain 'Purdy' sounds like 'pretty' and vice versa)
{Ca-taa-ree-na!} Oh-ho-ho! (Whoa-ho-ho!) When we kiss (ooh-), Purdy Miss, Purdy Miss (ooh-), I’m in ecstasy! (Si, si, si, si!) {Caterina, o-ho-ho-ho!} (Whoa-ho-ho-ho!) But when we kiss (ooh-), Purdy Miss, Purdy Miss (ooh-), Are you thinkin’ of me (ooh-)? (Are you thinkin’ of me?)
{Ca-taa-ree-na!} Ha, ha, ha! (Ha, ha, ha!) Just how long (ooh-) is the list, is the list Of the lips you kissed (-ooh)? (Oh-ha!) {O', how happy my heart would be If I knew that you loved just me! -} Say it’s true, say ya do, {Caterina!}
Ca-te-ree-na! Oh-ho-ho! (Oh-ho-ho!) When we kiss (ooh-), Purdy Miss, Purdy Miss (ooh-), I’m in ecstasy! (Si, si, si, si!) {Caterina, o-ho-ho-ho!} (Whoa-ho-ho-ho!) But when we kiss (ooh-), Purdy Miss, Purdy Miss (ooh-), Are you thinkin’ of me (ooh-)? (Are you thinkin’ of me?)
{Ca-taa-ree-na!} Ha, ha, ha! (Ha, ha, ha!) Just how long (ooh-) is the list, is the list Of the lips you kissed (-ooh)? (Oh-ha!) {O', how happy my heart would be If I knew that you loved just me! -} Say it’s true (say it’s true), Say you do (say you do) Caa-taa-ree- (Caa-taa-ree, Caa-taa-ree, Caa-taa-ree-) {-na!}