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Thread #59214   Message #942289
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
28-Apr-03 - 07:09 PM
Thread Name: Johnny Come Down To Hilo - question
Subject: RE: Johnny Come Down To Hilo - question
Point taken Snuffy.

Transcription of chorus is given as:

"Oooh! wake her! Oooh! shake her!
Ooooh! wake that gal with the blue dress on!
When Johnny comes down to Hilo!
(Oh) poor old man! "

Apart from the change in line 2, I remember this sung as "Oh, wake her...etc.,"
i.e. pronounced as 'oh' (as in 'low'), not 'Oooh' (as in view')

Comments welcomed

Nigel