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  • They added another melody and new lyrics as a counterpoint to all those pah-rumpa-pum-pums and called it “Peace on Earth.”

    The Holiday Duet That Almost Wasn’t 2006

  • I know her little ways, dear, good old Mumsy-pums.

    A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls L. T. Meade 1884

  • I don't allow any one to talk in a confidential way to my Mumsy-pums except myself.

    A Modern Tomboy A Story for Girls L. T. Meade 1884

  • The song as written has six "rum pum pum pums" - and 15 "pa rum pum pum pums."

    NYT > Home Page By LOUIS W. THOMPSON 2009

  • Davis's little song with its backward sentences and rum pum pums has now been recorded by more than 200 artists.

    NYT > Home Page By LOUIS W. THOMPSON 2009

  • Think of the store clerks overdosed on "rum pum pum pums" this Christmas season.

    NYT > Home Page By LOUIS W. THOMPSON 2009

  • "rum pum pum pums" per play, more if any of the passages are extended or repeated.

    NYT > Home Page By LOUIS W. THOMPSON 2009

  • Der orders are to bull all der pums after sunrise. "

    Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886

  • "To bull der pums -- eferybody mitout fisible means.

    Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886

  • "Silly boy," said Hoodie from the elevation of her five years, "pums

    Hoodie Mrs. Molesworth 1880

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