I Itty Itty Boom Boom Common Magician's Applications: Production. In Literature: • "Now, for those in the audience, I want you to note that there is nothing in Char's hat. With a flick of the wrist and by saying the magic words -- Itty, itty boom boom -- I am able to pull a rabbit . . . from Char's hat" -- "The Great Leandro," Writing.com (2005) Iwanna Meanings: Iwanna is a childlike contraction of the words I want a, or I want to. In Literature: • "'Iwanna' is a chant, a magic incantation, which by simple repetition is believed to bring about a desired object or event. 'Horsie!' [two-year-old] Lawrie screams in ecstasy as the car passes a farm. His parents hold their breath. Then it comes. 'I wanna horsie. I wanna horsie. I wanna horsie.'" -- Selma H. Fraiberg, The Magic Years (1959) Izzy Wizzy Let's Get Busy Origins: The phrase Izzy Wizzy Let's Get Busy was "probably invented by Harry Corbett"1 in the late 1940s. Variations and Incantations: • Izzy wizzy let's get busy. Tum diddly-um dum dum-dum "Aldur held out his hand and a magical wand appeared. Waving the wand, he softly spoke the magic words 'Izzy wizzy let's get busy. Tum diddly-um dum dum-dum.' Then next thing Belgarath noticed was that Aldur had disappeared." -- Stuart Langridge, Kryogenix.org 1 Ian Peacock, "Word of Mouth" radio interview for BBC4