"Toot Sweets" is a song featured in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang sung by Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious. In the context of the film and stage musical, the song is about a piece of confectionery ("sweet" being a noun in British parlance that is a synonym for a piece of confectionery) invented by Caractacus which has holes in it, making the sweet playable as an edible whistle that makes a "toot" sound when it is blown into. Unfortunately for Potts, the toot sweets act like dog whistles, calling all the local canines into the sweet factory, ruining the sanitary conditions of the factory, and turning love interest Truly's father against him.
Lyrics[]
Caractacus:
Don't waste your pucker on some all-day sucker
And don't try a toffee or cream
If you seek perfection in sugar confection
Well, here's something new on the scene
A mouthful of cheer!
A sweet without peer!
A musical morsel supreme!
Toot Sweets, Toot Sweets
The candies you whistle, the whistles you eat
Toot Sweets, Toot Sweets
The eatable, tweet-able treats
Truly:
Toot Sweets, Toot Sweets
The toot of a flute with the flavor of fruit
Toot Sweets, Toot Sweets
No longer need candy be mute
Caractacus:
Don't waste your pucker on some all-day sucker
Truly:
And don't try a toffee or cream
If you seek perfection in sugar confection
Caractacus:
Well, here's something new on the scene
Truly:
A mouthful of cheer!
Caractacus:
That sweet without peer!
Caractacus & Truly:
That musical morsel supreme!
Toot Sweets, Toot Sweets
A bonbon to blow on at last, has been found
Toot Sweets, Toot Sweets
With tweet-able, eatable sound
Caractacus:
Their value is intrinsic
Truly:
Surpass any mint stick
Jeremy & Jemima:
Or marshmallow mouthful you munch
Caractacus:
Though licorice is chewy
Truly:
And gumdrops are gooey
Jeremy & Jemima:
And chocolate is charming to crunch
Caractacus and Truly:
That savory fife
Women:
That sweet of your life
Kids & Factory Workers:
It's clearly the best of the bunch
All:
Toot Sweets, Toot Sweets
Caractacus:
That savory fife
Truly:
That sweet of your life
All:
Is clearly the best of the bunch
Toot Sweets, Toot Sweets
A bonbon to blow on
At last has been found
Toot Sweets, Toot Sweets
The treat that's so tweet-able
Lusciously eatable
With that unbeatable sound!
