Hello Wisconsin 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 1 Mar 2008
2008

On a little farm in Sweden
Miss Hilda Honson one day
sold all her pigs,
horses and rigs,
packed up and sailed away.
When in Old New York she landed
they asked her: 'Are you alone?'
She answered: 'No. I've got a beau
Yust let me telephone.'

Hello Wisconsin
won't you find my Yonnie Yonson?
Yust tell him his Hilda Honson
Yust got off the boat by Yiminy.
How she wants him!
You'll know Yon Yonson
'cause he's over six feet high.
He'll yump for joy
when he knows I came
'cause my Yonnie Boy
gonna change my name
from Honson to Yonson
so Wisconsin goodbye.

Hello Wisconsin
won't you find my Yonnie Yonson?
Yust tell him his Hilda Honson
Yust got off the boat by Yiminy.
How she wants him!
You'll know Yon Yonson
'cause he's over six feet high.
He'll yump for joy
when he knows I came
'cause my Yonnie Boy
gonna change my name
from Honson to Yonson
so Wisconsin goodbye.

When she landed in Wisconsin
Her Yonnie Yonson was there,
Yon full of pride
made her his bride,
Oh! What a happy pair!
Years have showered them with blessings
two little babies so high
when shadows creep
they go to sleep
hearing this lullaby.

Hello Wisconsin
won't you find my Yonnie Yonson?
Yust tell him his Hilda Honson
Yust got off the boat by Yiminy.
How she wants him!
You'll know Yon Yonson
'cause he's over six feet high.
He'll yump for joy
when he knows I came
'cause my Yonnie Boy
gonna change my name
from Honson to Yonson
so Wisconsin goodbye.

Hello Wisconsin
won't you find my Yonnie Yonson?
Yust tell him his Hilda Honson
Yust got off the boat by Yiminy.
How she wants him!
You'll know Yon Yonson
'cause he's over six feet high.
He'll yump for joy
when he knows I came
'cause my Yonnie Boy
gonna change my name
from Honson to Yonson
so Wisconsin goodbye.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Hello Wisconsin 1917
Music by Harry Ruby
Lyrics by Bert Kalmar & Edgar Leslie
© MCMXVII by Kalmar, Puck & Abrahams Inc.Mus.Pub.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 1 March 2008 at 13.00
in association with Doug Grierson
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