That dood it, I dood it, meaning?

Question

In 1958 James Brown introduced rapping with "That Dood It", and there's a movie from 1943 called "I Dood It".. I assume "Dood" in this context is stand in for "Did". Is this correct?

Answer 1

tl;dr - It's a replacement for various forms of the verb "to do"

"I dood it" was a "catch phrase" for radio and film comedian Red Skelton, usually when performing as a bratty young boy often referred to as "The Mean Widdle Kid". He starred in that film, but not as the Mean Widdle Kid.

If I dood it, I get a whupping...(pause) I dood it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dlZQQc0FEQ

It's a malaprop to indicate the immature speech pattern of a young child. It's a replacement for various forms of the verb "to do", so here it would translate as "If I do it, I'll be hit...(pause) I'll do it (or I'm going to do it)"

The phrase was such a part of national culture at the time that, when General Doolittle conducted the bombing of Tokyo in 1942, many newspapers used the phrase "Doolittle Dood It" as a headline. (via wiki, above)

In that case, it would translate as "Doolittle Did it"

In James Brown's song, it would translate as "that does it", as in "I've had enough"

Answer 2

It's because 'did' is an irregular verb in English and children sometimes mix those up, having learned the regular form first.

The past tense of 'do', if regular, would be to add -ed and say 'I do-ed it'. Then I guess it changes to 'dood' because 'doed' would probably be pronounced with a long O sound.