"Oompa-loompa doompadee-doo" from Willie Wonka and
the chocolate factory
- Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 29 November 2005, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

1. OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO. ME HAVE PERFECT BIG-QUESTION FOR YOU'plural'! OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DEE. IF YOU'plural' WISE PAY-ATTENTION ME++.

DON'T alt.EAT SWEET. CANDY GUZZLE-DOWN DON'T. DON'T-WANT YOU LOOK LIKE ELEPHANT EAT-WITH-TRUNK. WHAT-WRONG YOU WORSE+ TERRIBLE FAT. LEAD-TO DIABETES, HEART-ATTACK, DEATH. ME LOOK-AT FEEL SICK. OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DA. IF AVOID GREEDY, YOU CAN SUCCEED. EVERYDAY YOUR LIFE TRUE-BIZ (2h)JUST-FINE. LIKE WE OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO. (Repeat DOOMPADEE DOO with singer, but lower and smaller as voice fades away.)

2. OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO. ME HAVE ANOTHER BIG-QUESTION FOR YOU'plural'! OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DEE. IF YOU'plural' WISE PAY-ATTENTION ME++.

IF YOU'plural' RUDE, YOUR MANNERS #NO-GOOD. IF YOU MISCHIEVOUS, PARENTS #DO-DO? WHY YOU'plual' ALWAYS CAUSE PEOPLE (2h)CRAZY? COME-ON, YOU'plural' KNOW ANSWER CLEAR. BENEFIT NOTHING. OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DA. TRY BEHAVE NICE, YOU CAN SUCCEED. EVERYDAY YOUR LIFE TRUE-BIZ (2h)JUST-FINE. LIKE WE OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO. (Repeat DOOMPADEE DOO with singer, but lower and smaller as voice fades away.)

3. OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO. ME HAVE ANOTHER BIG-QUESTION FOR YOU'plural'! OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DEE. IF YOU'plural' WISE PAY-ATTENTION ME++.

WHO ME BLAME WHEN KID LIKE BRAT. PARENT PAMPER, SPOIL LIKE CAT. REASON SOME OUR KIDS BECOME CURSE? MOST TIME THEIR PARENTS TEN TIME WORSE. NOTICE NOT-YET? OH-I-SEE. OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DA. IF YOU'plural' STOP SPOILED, YOU'plural' CAN SUCCEED. EVERYDAY YOUR LIFE TRUE-BIZ (2h)JUST-FINE. LIKE WE OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO. (Repeat DOOMPADEE DOO with singer, but lower and smaller as voice fades away.)

4. OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO. ME HAVE FINAL BIG-QUESTION FOR YOU'plural'! OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DEE. IF YOU'plural' WISE PAY-ATTENTION ME++.

ALL-DAY, ALL-NIGHT, WATCH T-V "WHAT"? YOUR NECK HURT. BRAIN BECOME SPECK. WHY~NOT GO-AHEAD FIND BOOK READ? HOPE YOU'all' NOT LAZY, AFRAID WORK HARD. COMMERCIAL NEVER BOTHER YOU'all'. OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DA. COPY-me MY ACTION , YOU'plural' CAN SUCCEED. EVERYDAY YOUR LIFE TRUE-BIZ (2h)JUST-FINE. LIKE WE OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO. (Repeat DOOMPADEE DOO with singer, but lower and smaller as voice fades away.)


Notes:

OOMPA LOOMPA DOOMPADEE DOO (and its varients: DEE and DA) - (2h)[O] touch FTs to opposite shoulders, (2h)[L] touch hips, (2h)[D] touch opposite temples, then touch same side temple.

BIG-QUESTION - like the sign QUESTION-MARK but both hands and all fingers (not the thumb) form a symmetric shape that is a question mark in the right hand and a reversed question mark in the left hand.

GUZZLE-DOWN - NDH [C] is held high like a container that is being poured into the mouth and DH [5] wg as it shows the container being emptied out.

DON'T - (2h)[B], POs down, cross at wrists, then uncross moving horizontally and emphatically. For a QuickTime movie of this sign, see ASL browser - don't.

EAT-WITH-TRUNK - Move [O^] as if it were a trunk bringing food to the mouth. Be sure to exaggerate.

WHAT-WRONG - WRONG+.

DIABETES - SWEET SICK.

HEART-ATTACK - [open 8] touches heart, then fist hits NDH palm.

TRUE-BIZ - TRUE + (2h)[S], POs down, FOs away, DH brushes from side to side across NDH wrist.

(2h)JUST-FINE - (2h)[5], POs ><, FOs up, touch chest with thumbs then move away in an upward arc.

(Repeat DOOMPADEE DOO with singer, but lower and smaller as voice fades away.) - As the oompa-loompa's keep repeating their name, they get softer and softer. As a parallel, sign smaller and closer to the throat.

RUDE - ROUGH, that is, [5], PO > face, FO i[, twists and moves away, scraping FT against palm of [B] as they pass.

MANNERS - FANCY, that is, [5], PO > NDS, FO up, moves CW as seen from DS, brushing against chest as it passes.

#NO-GOOD - (2h)[N], POs donw, FOs up, are held next to one another, than twist, ending in (2h)[L], POs up, FOs away.

MISCHIEVOUS - (2h)[3], POs ><, FOs away, are held at neck level and move twice > signer while curling to [3:].

PAMPER - [B] strokes at DS of pate (top of head) as if petting a cat.

SPOIL - [B] strokes NDH [B] as if petting a cat.

CURSE - [5:], PO > singer, - held at mouth and moves > what - cursed while closing to [S], then fist is shaken at what is cursed.

SPECK - Hand is held PO up in somewhat of a [W] while the thumb is flicked against the little finger.

Lyrics:

1. Oompa-loompa, dommpa-deedoo! I've got a perfect puzzle for you! Oompa-loompa, doompadee-dee! If you are wise you'll listen to me! What do you get when you guzzle down swetts. eating as much as an elephant eats? What are you at getting terribly fat? What do you thin will come of that? I don't like the look of it! Oompda-loompa, dommpadee-da! If you're not greedy you will go far! You will live in nappiness too! Like the oompa-loompa dommpadee-doo!

2. Oompa-loompa, dommpa-deedoo! I've got another puzzle for you! Oompa-loompa, doompadee-dee! If you are wise you'll listen to me! What do you get when your manners are bad? Whay are you rude to yur mother and dad? What do you gain driving peple insane? I should have though the answer's plain! You don't gain anything! Oompda-loompa, dommpadee-da! Given good manners you will go far! You will live in nappiness too! Like the oompa-loompa dommpadee-doo!

3. Oompa-loompa, dommpa-deedoo! I've got another puzzle for you! Oompa-loompa, doompadee-dee! If you are wise you'll listen to me! Who do you blame when a kid is a brat, pampered and spoiled like a Siamese cat? What can you say when a kid is a curse? The parents are usually ten times worse! Or haven't you noticed? Oompda-loompa, dommpadee-da! If you're not spoiled then you will go far! You will live in nappiness too! Like the oompa-loompa dommpadee-doo!

4. Oompa-loompa, dommpa-deedoo! I've got a final puzzle for you! Oompa-loompa, doompadee-dee! If you are wise you'll listen to me! What do you get from a glut of T.V.? A pain in the neck and an I.Q. of three! Why don't you try simply reading a book? Or could you just not bear to look? You'll get no commercials! Oompda-loompa, dommpadee-da! If you're not greedy you will go far! You will live in nappiness too! Like the oompa-loompa dommpadee-doo!

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