Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)

"Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)"

Single by Guy Mitchell

Released

1952

Genre

Pop

Length

2:42

Writer(s)

Bob Merrill

Guy Mitchell singles chronology

"Day of Jubilo"
(1952)

"Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)"
(1952)

"'Cause I Love You, That's a Why"
(1952)

"Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill in 1952. Its best-known version was recorded by Guy Mitchell in 1952. The song reached #18 on the Cashbox charts in August 1952. The song also reached #2 on the UK charts in November 1952, becoming the first ever number two record in the UK.^[1]

The narrator of the song is a former lowlife who is reforming so he can set a good example for his newborn son, whom he loves. The title refers to the tradition of spanking a newborn baby just after birth, to ensure it draws breath.

References

↑ Guy Mitchell chart entries

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Guy Mitchell

Singles	"My Heart Cries for You" "The Roving Kind" "You're Just in Love" "Sparrow in the Treetop" "Christopher Columbus" "Unless" "My Truly, Truly Fair" "Belle Belle My Liberty Belle" "Sweetheart of Yesterday" "There's Always Room At Our House" "I Can't Help It" "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" "Day of Jubilo" "Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)" "'Cause I Love You, That's a Why" "She Wears Red Feathers" "Tell Us Where the Good Times Are" "Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie" "Look at That Girl" "Chicka Boom" "Cloud Lucky Seven" "The Cuff of My Shirt" "I Dime and a Dollar" "Ninety Nine Years" "Singing the Blues" "Crazy With Love" "Knee Deep in the Blues" "Take Me Back Baby" "Rock-a-Billy" "In the Middle of a Dark Dark Night" "Sweet Stuff" "Call Rosie On the Phone" "Heartaches by the Number" "The Same Old Me" "My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You" "Your Goodnight Kiss" "(I'd Like to Be In) Charlie's Shoes" "Go Tiger Go" "Traveling Shoes" "Alabam" "Frisco Lane"

Songs	"Allegheny Moon" "Charlie Brown" "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" "Everybody Loves a Lover" "Everybody Loves Somebody" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" "Music! Music! Music!" "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" "O mein Papa" "Pennies from Heaven" "Side by Side" "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"

Television	The Guy Mitchell Show Whispering Smith

Related acts	Rosemary Clooney Mindy Carson

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