Lyr Req: Yokohama Mama (to tune of 'Molly Malone')

Subject: Lyr Req: Looking for derivation of 'Molly Malone'
From: The Barden of England
Date: 18 Feb 06 - 03:33 PM

I friend from Solon USA has asked the following:-

I've searched for the words for a song that crossed my mind while eating oriental food last evening.
I tried "google" but had no luck- possibly because I had the wrong name.
The song is from many years ago and I believe the first lines are: -

Was in Yokohama,
I met this hot mama,
Crying "Octopus, jellyfish, rice and dried squid.

It is to the tune of 'In Dublin's fair city - Molly Malone".

Can anybody help please?

John Barden

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for derivation of 'Molly Malone'
From: Little Robyn
Date: 18 Feb 06 - 04:31 PM

Twas in Yokohama,
I met my hot mama,
She sold octopus, radishes, rice and dried squid,
Her name was Suzuki, she sure was some cookie,
She sold octopus, radishes, rice and dried squid.

I can't remember what comes next. It used to be on the radio in the 60s here in NZ, sung as a sort of comic pop song. Possibly the singer misheard jellyfish, because radishes seem rather odd in Asian cooking.
The tune is similar to Molly Malone only jazzed up a bit.
Robyn

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for derivation of 'Molly Malone'
From: Cluin
Date: 18 Feb 06 - 04:41 PM

In Dublin's fair city,
the largest of titties,
Was said to belong to sweet Molly Malone,
All the lads would escort her,
For the left one gave porter
And the right one spewed Guinness for one and five, oh

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for derivation of 'Molly Malone'
From: masato sakurai
Date: 18 Feb 06 - 08:59 PM

Posted here (Lyr/Tune Req: Yokohama Mama).

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for derivation of 'Molly Malone'
From: The Barden of England
Date: 19 Feb 06 - 02:29 AM

Thanks everybody for your help. It'll make my friend very happy to have this. This certainly is the most helpful of places.
John Barden

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Looking for derivation of 'Molly Malone'
From: GUEST,J C
Date: 19 Feb 06 - 03:57 AM

Pretty sure this was a Stan Freeberg song from sometime in the early sixtiers. I always knew it as "Rice and dried squid"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yokohama Mama (to tune of 'Molly Malone')
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 06:56 PM

was moonlight nite in yokahoma i go to japense resturant   best japeenese resturent in town when i see beautiful girl   Her built like GI say like brick chicken house with flat foot flosie and flo joy    Isay moma Sun whats your name where do you come from she say i come from oska my name is tomee oh oh oh i say sock it to me   WAS IN YOKHAMA I SAW RED HOT MAMA SELLING RADISHES OCTOPUSS RICE AND DRY SKID SHARPE LOOKING COOKIE HER SELL RADISHES OCTAPUSS RICE AND DRY SKID I SAY OH OH YOU MAKE JANE RUSSELL LOOK LIKE SKINNY UNDERFEED CHICKEN MY HEART GO PITTER PATTER FOR YOU WITH FLAT FOOT FLOSSIE AND FLOY JOY PRETTY SOON WE GET MARRIED AND HAVE LITTLE JAPENESE BABYS AND CHANGE BABBY DIAPPERS CALLED SACK OF POOPEIS was in yokahoma i saw red hot mama selling radishes octapuse rice and dry skid   THIS IS AS BEST AS I CAN REMEMBER OF THIS DITTY LOVED IT    Frank gross 1624 paris ave port royal sc 29935 helena house

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yokohama Mama (to tune of 'Molly Malone')
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 12 Jan 13 - 09:21 PM

The recording was Yokohama Mama by Harry Kari and His Six Saki Sippers with the flip side being Yes Sir, That's My Baby.

Harry Kari is an alias of Harry Stewart, along with Yogi Yorgesson, Claude Hopper and Klaus Hammerschmidt.
A tribute by Steve Howard is at http://www.yogiyorgesson.com/

Yokohama Mama 78 record at youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNZmQ_t7AZg

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Yokohama Mama (to tune of 'Molly Malone')
From: Leadfingers
Date: 13 Jan 13 - 06:30 AM

Yes Sir That's my Bay - Up on Fujiyama its real cool George !