Hi! Jolly

Chorus
Hi! Jolly, Hey! Jolly
Twenty miles today, by golly
Twenty more before the mornin' light
Hi! Jolly, Hey! I
Gotta be on my way, I
Told my gal I'd be home Sunday night.

Verses

Hi Jolly was a camel driver long time ago
Followed Mister Blain away out West
'Didn't mind the burning' sand
In that God forsaken land
But he didn't mind the pretty girls the best.

They've got pretty girls in Albuquerque
Least that's what I heard
Pretty girls in Tumcumcari, too.
Now honey, I ain't blind
But I don't pay 'em any mind.
You know I'm savin' all my lovin' just for you.

Old timers out in Arizona tell you that it's true
You can see Hi Jolly's ghost a-trav'lin' still
When the desert moon is bright
He comes ridin' through the night
Leadin' four and twenty camels 'cross the hill.