Where did the expression "whoopsi - daisy!" come from?

My sister and I were debating over it and couldn't figure it out? Is this expression somehow related to the one "pushing up daisies"?

Where did the expression "whoopsi - daisy!" come from?
Terms such as "up-a-daisy" date to the early 1700s, as an encouragement to a child who has fallen to stand up, or as an exclamation upon lifting a child. It's basically a nonsense phrase, presumably intended to amuse the little ones. Variants include "upsi-daisy" or "upsy-daisy" from the 1860s as well as "upsa-daisy" . . . any of them with or without hyphens.





The first use of "whoops-a-daisy" per se is around 1925, in a New Yorker cartoon. It's an expression of surprise or dismay, specifically upon discovering one's own error. The modern-day equivalent would be "D'oh!", I'm afraid, which is much less expressive. The term was shortened to "whoops" by 1937, and appears in that form in a letter by Ezra Pound, no less. One assumes that it was related to the expression "to whoop," as in giving "whoops of joy." That usage goes back to the early 1600s.





Earlier usage of "whoop" as a verb ("the falconer whoops his hawks") is found in the early 1400s. To cry whoop during a hunt was to indicate that the game was dead. And whoop was very quickly associated with other phrases, such as "Whope! who!" (1450) and "Whoop diddle" (1596.) The use of "whoop" or "whup" as an exclamation of surprise or derision appears in 1568
Reply:"George! Take Daisy out for a walk - she want's to do a whoopsi"