[2] Originally titled "Skid-dy-mer-rink-adink-aboomp"[3] or "Skiddy-Mer-Rink-A-Doo", [4] the initial version of the song was written by Felix F. Feist (lyrics) and Al Piantadosi (music) for the 1910 Charles Dillingham Broadway production: The Echo.
The song typically incorporates various simple hand gestures and movements, such as touching the nose and heart or making circles with the arms.
[10][11][12][13][14] A natural ice rink at the Sharon, Lois & Bram Playground in Davisville, Toronto has been named the "Skinnama-rink" in honour of the song.
Each night in his shell he'd go to sea And in tuneful scales he'd rave: CHORUS: Skiddy-mer-rink-a-dink-a-boomp, skiddy-mer-rink-a-doo, Means I love you.
But when the midnight moon was pale, King Fish Kokomo Came floating over with his tale To say he loved her so; But she was true to Crocodile, Said "Koko-Nut, go 'way; I know, in a very little while You will hear my lover say:"