Botch-A-Me - Rosemary Clooney (Mad Men, Season One)

Botcha-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)


Written by Luigi Astore, Riccardo Morbelli, and Eddie Stanley
Peak Position: #2 Year: 52 (Cover version of the theme from the 1952 Italian film Una Famiglia Impossible.)

"Botch-a-Me" is a popular song, written in 1941. The original Italian version ("Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina") by Alberto Rabagliati was written by Riccardo Morbelli (words) and Luigi Astore (music). English lyrics were written by Eddie Stanley. "Baciami" in Italian means "kiss me".

The song was popularized by Rosemary Clooney in 1952. The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39767. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on June 20, 1952 and lasted 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2.

The Rosemary Clooney version appears in season one of the TV show Mad Men, as well as the Mad Men, Vol. 1 album.

C7 Cdim7

(C7)Botch-a-me, I´ll-botcha you and ev´rything goes crazy

(F)Bah-(Dm7)bah, (Gm)botch-a-me, bam(C)bino


Bah-bah-(F)bo, (Dm7)bo, (Gm)boca picco(C)lino


When-a (Gm)you kiss (C)me and (F)I´m a-kiss-a (Dm7)you


(G7)Tra la la la (C7)la la la la la (F)loo

(F)Bah-(Dm7)bah, (Gm)botch-a-me, my (C)baby


Bah-bah-(F)bo, (Dm7)bo, (Gm)just say ´Yes´ and (C)maybe


If-a (Gm)you squeeze (C)me and (F)I´m a-squeeza (Dm7)you


(G7)Tra la la la (C7)la la la la la (F)loo

(F)Bee-oo, (Dm7)bye-oh, (Gm)bee-oo, (C)boo


Won´t you (F)botch-a-, (Dm7)botch-a-(Gm)me?


(C)Bee-oo, (F)bye-oh, (Dm7)bee-oo, 

(G7)boo

(C7)When you botch-a-me, I a-botcha you and ev´rything goes crazy

(F)Bah-(Dm7)bah, (Gm)botch-a-me, bam(C)bino


Bah-bah-(F)bo, (Dm7)bo, (Gm)boca picco(C)lino


And then (Gm)we will (C)raise a (F)great big fami(Dm7)ly


(G7)Tra la la la (C7)la la la la la (F)lee

(instrumental break)

(C7)Botch-a-me, I´ll-botcha you and ev´rything goes crazy

(F)Bah-(Dm7)bah, (Gm)botch-a-me, my (C)baby


Bah-bah-(F)bo, (Dm7)bo, (Gm)just say ´Yes´ and (C)maybe


If-a (Gm)you squeeze (C)me and (F)I´m a-squeeza (Dm7)you


(G7)Tra la la la (C7)la la la la la (F)loo

(F)Bee-oo, (Dm7)bye-oh, (Gm)bee-oo, (C)boo


Won´t you (F)botch-a-, (Dm7)botch-a-(Gm)me?


(SPOKEN: Kiss me!!)


(C)Bee-oo, (F)bye-oh, (Dm7)bee-oo, 

(G7)boo

When you (F)botch-a-me, I a-(G7)gotcha 
you!


(C7)(SPOKEN: C´mon a-you, kissa me, eh?!!)

(F)Bah-(Dm7)bah, (Gm)botch-a-me, bam(C)bino


Bah-bah-(F)bo, (Dm7)bo, (Gm)boca picco(C)lino


And then (Gm)we will (C)raise a (F)great big fami(Dm7)ly


(G7)Tra la la la (C7)la la la la la 

(G7)Bee-oo, bye-oh, (C7)bee-oo, boo


(Gm)Botch-a-me, bam(C)bino, botch-a-(F)me

(SPOKEN: That´s nice!!)