Boomerang (Song), By Marni Nixon

⸺ by Charles Iliya Krempeaux

When I (Charles Iliya Krempeaux) was very young, living in (I think) Port Moody, there was a TV show that I watched (which was meant for kids) called “Boomerang”.

That TV show had an opening theme-song also called “Boomerang” that was very memorable.

Marni Nixon

I have learned that this show was created by Marni Nixon.

Marni Nixon is probably most famous for her singing — specifically as being the singing voice dubbed over various actresses in various movies.

Locale

I have learned that the Boomerang TV show was very local. And, unless you lived in Washington State or British Columbia (BC) in the 1970s, then you probably didn't see it, and have never heard of it.

Audio

With the following you can listen to the Boomerang theme-song (audio file).

Lyrics

The Boomerang theme-song was very memorable. It was a "duet" sung between her and a group of children.

From what I could figure, the words of the theme-song are something like....

B Boom Boom
B Boom Boom
Bees keep on flying 'round the room
M E Mer
M E Mer
Mother will help me if I ask her
R Ra Ran
R Ra Ran
I will run faster than they can
Ra Ran Rang
Ra Ran Rang
Put them together, it's boomerang!

Bing bong bang
Bing bong bang
Bing bong bang it's boomerang
Bing bong bang
Bing bong bang
Bing bong bang it's boomerang

A boomerang
A boomerang
What does it do?
What does it do?!
It comes back to you.
It comes back to you.
A boomerang
A boomerang
Bing bong bang it's boomerang

Your throw a ball against the wall, and what does it do?
It comes back to you, like a boomerang.
Boomerang
Bing bong bang it's boomerang
We all have seen a trampoline, where you bounce so high
, And back down you go, like a boomerang
Boomerang
Bing bong bang it's boomerang

It's a funny looking thing
Something like an airplane wing
And when you throw it, ever so high
So high it seems to hide in the sky
It fools you with its special knack, of turning around and falling back

A boomerang
A boomerang
What does it do?
What does it do?!
It comes back to you.
It comes back to you.
A boomerang
A boomerang
Bing bong bang it's boomerang

Note, when the group of kids is singing, it sounds like some of them are saying “put those together, it's boomerang” instead of “put them together, it's boomerang”.

Also, it sounds like some of the kids are saying “that's a boomerang” instead of “it's a boomerang”.

Whitney

Because I published this article, at one point I was concated (over Twitter) by someone (who I became friends with) who was one of the children on the Boomerang show — Whitney.

Whitney helped me figure out some of the lyrics of the Boomerang song, and also gave me more information about the Boomerang TV show.