Could this be related to the version by Jimmy Jensen (The Singing Swede) ??

I wanna go back to my little old shack in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(A-Wa-Hoody-Doo) etc...

It has the immortal line whilst our hero describes his lady.....

"She sits and cracks her knuckles, looking forward to the day.!!"

Probably not, but a fine song, nonetheless!
And, it seems to have some sort of Hawaian slide guitar as a bridge between the verses!....Quite bizarre!

Yours (While the Kippers and the Mackeral, and the Lutefish go svimming by!") Ralphie