Pachalafaka

Pachalafaka, pachalafaka
they whisper it all over Turkey
pachalafaka, pachalafaka
it sounds so romantic and perky
oh I know that phrase
will make me thrill always
for it reminds me of you, my sweet
just the mention of
that tender word of love
gives my heart a jerkish Turkish beat

I won't say c'est bon
or l'amour toujours
for they can't express what I'm feeling
even maresydoats or
other foreign quotes
don't seem to be quite so appealing
but pachalafaka! pachalafaka!
takes me back with you to passionate desert scenes
and it's there we'll stay
till the very day
we find out what pachalafaka means
we find out what pachalafaka means!

What starts with 'f' and ends with 'u-c-k'?

For a kid growing up in the Sixties, Soupy Sales was a daily bad influence, a kiddie show host who offered an afternoon class in anarchy, rebelliousness and wild, grown-up comedy that, like the music of Vic Mizzy, had a lasting effect. Soupy actually was suspended-- jailed, we thought-- for instructing us mail him those dirty green pieces of paper with the pictures of the men we'd find in out parents' wallets and purses. His daily Soupy Sez nuggets of wisdom did tell us that it's always greener in the other guy's wallet, and we still know the lyrics to Pachalafaka, but someone's got to tell us if he really did, as we've always remembered, teach us this joke:

"What word starts with an 'f' and ends with a 'u-c-k'?

"Firetruck."

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