Non-harmonic Portions of The Song
In many versions of the song, the words "yum-yum" are:
- sung as chirps, most often as downchirps (i.e. as two chirps that are each descending in pitch, one chirp for each "yum");
- spoken or yelled as non-harmonic content;
- sung deliberately off-key.
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