Cow-Cow Boogie

"Cow-Cow Boogie"
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1942
Composer(s)Don Raye
Lyricist(s)Benny Carter
Gene De Paul

"Cow Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay)" is a "country-boogie"-style blues song, with music was written by Don Raye, and lyrics were written by Benny Carter and Gene De Paul. The song was written for the 1942 Abbott & Costello film Ride 'Em Cowboy, which included Ella Fitzgerald as a cast member, but was cut from the movie.