When I'm Booin'

"When I'm Booin'" Music genre 1920s jazz Performed by Corwin C. Tuggles (Tyrone) Written by Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin and Larry Shay Composed by Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin and Larry Shay Episode featured "It's Great to Be a Ghost!" "When I'm Booin'" is a song featured in "It's Great to Be a Ghost!". Character singing Tyrone Tasha (speaking only) Uniqua (speaking only) Pablo (speaking only) Episode Lyrics Tyrone: I'm decidin'... A place to hide in... Then jump out and say boo. Wanna be ghostly, But I'm mostly... A scaredy-moose, it's true! All my ghost friends... they're all scary and tough. But I'm nervous... And not spooky enough! 'Cause when I'm booin'... Oh, when I'm booin'... The other ghosts all laugh at me! Tasha: (speaking) Ghost? Uniqua: (speaking) Where could he be? Pablo: (speaking) I don't know. Tasha: (speaking) Maybe he's upstairs? Tyrone: When you're booin'... When you're booin'... You're supposed to cause real fright. But when I do it... Folks see right through it... I just can't do it right. Folks should freak out... When they see a real ghost, But I'm harmless... As a piece of cold toast. When I'm booin'... Oh, when I'm booin'... The other ghosts all laugh at me! When I'm booin'... Don't know what I'm doin'... The other ghosts all laugh at me! Trivia This song is featured on the Nickelodeon soundtrack, The Backyardigans. Many of the lyrics on the soundtrack (shown in italics) were not included in the episode. This song is sung to the tune of "When You're Smiling". 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