The Frim-Fram Sauce

"The Frim-Fram Sauce" is a jazz song made famous by Nat King Cole in the 1945.[1] It was written by Redd Evans and Joe Ricardel.[1]

In 2002, journalist William Safire said frim-fram sauce was a variant of flim-flam or deceit[2] and "ussin-fay" was pig Latin for "fussing", meaning "playing about fretfully".[2] Safire quoted singer Diana Krall on the meaning of "shafafa": "'It's all about sex,' she replied innocently."[2]

"The Frim Fram Sauce" was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong and appears on a number of her albums.[3]

References
  1. Phares, Heather. "Diana Krall: Frim Fram Sauce". AllMusic. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  2. William Safire (2002-05-03). "Our lyrical language: William Safire on the symbiosis between the spoken and the sung". The Guardian (originally published in The New York Times 2002). Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  3. https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-frim-fram-sauce-mt0015380174
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