# Enchanting Sophia, I'm Mad About You **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 29, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475 "2010-09-29T15:04:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475/1 "2010-09-29T15:04:29Z")
From a song we sung in elementary school, mid to late 1960s. The lyrics talk about some hideously ugly creature named Sophia, who is bald, wears a mop for a wig, and suffers from other physical maladies, but with whom the singer is inexplicably enamored. Anyone remember this song? ---
**Author:** ![toranaboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@toranaboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toranaboy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475/2 "2013-04-17T08:22:58Z")
I loved this song. I think it would have been 3rd grade, 1969. We had such a lot of neat songs to sing. I found your post searching a few of ‘em out. Don Gato was another fave. We in Australia were obviously fortunate to have access to the US elementary school catalog 🙂 I can hear them still as if it were yesterday. (Boy, I must be gettin’ old. Time to book a spot at the Retirement Castle). ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475/3 "2013-04-17T16:18:37Z")
I’m bewitched by a girl named Sophia… yeah, I remember it! And Señor Don Gato, who was a cat on a high tin roof. Anyone remember one about “Waters Ripple and Flow, gently \ to the sea, grant my freedom to me, set my spirit free?” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475/4 "2013-04-17T21:56:00Z")
[This thread](http://en.allexperts.com/q/Folk-Music-2838/f/lyrics-folk-song.htm) contains various attempts to recreate the lyrics to “Enchanting Sophia”. I remember the song from the Silver Burdett series of textbooks my elementary school used c. 1970 – I think the title of the particular volume which contained this song was _Making Music Your Own_. [Here](http://bussongs.com/songs/senor-don-gato-was-a-cat.php) are various _Don Gato_ lyrics. And yes, I can hear the first few words of “Waters Ripple and Flow” in my mind, but can’t find a decent lyrics page. ---
**Author:** ![Silvergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Silvergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvergal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475/5 "2019-11-07T20:27:55Z")
Of all the things to remember after 50+ years. Some key phrases and words were lodged in my head since grade school, Bricker’s mop reference helped, and when I sat down and started typing, the rhymes just kicked in. Feel free to update if something doesn’t ring right with your memories. I’m bewitched by a girl named Sophia With a nose like a full-blown balloon Her barbarous teeth are a jagged saw That glint by the light of the moon [INDENT]What can I do, what can I do? Enchanting Sophia I’m mad about you! All day long and at night she sits watching On a balcony over the lane Like a harpy she lurks there and waits for me I tell you she drives me insane What can I do, what can I do? Enchanting Sophia I’m mad about you! Oh her head is round as a pumpkin And she doesn’t have one bit of hair So she wears an old mop and she calls it a wig There’s none that my love can compare What can I do, what can I do? Enchanting Sophia I’m mad about you! [/INDENT] ---
**Author:** ![jdollinter\_aol.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@jdollinter\_aol.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdollinter_aol.com)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475/6 "2020-04-03T22:02:55Z")
It’s funny, I was bored and thought I’d see who wrote this song I learned in grade school music class… E Stanwood Elementary, WA… somewhere between '66-68?.. “What can I do, what can I do? Enchanting Sophia I’m mad about you” Thanks for the info. Wow, I remember Senor Don Gato too ! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475/7 "2020-04-03T22:21:21Z")
He went there to read a letter, miaow miaow miaow, Cuz the reading light was better, miaow miaow miaow, Twas a love note for Don Gato