What was Little Richard referencing in his song, 'Tutti Frutti'?

To fully understand the song you need to scrutinise the lyric. Now, there's a lot of repetition, but the verses are: Tutti frutti, oh rootie Tutti frutti, oh rootie Tutti frutti, oh rootie Tutt…

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