Hindoo Man 1968 George Formby

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Feb 2012
2012

Over there in India
a Hindu resides,
smoking his hookah all day.
Opinion and bits of rope
and fag ends besides,
a wise man from the east Whitechapel way;

He's got a lovely palace on the beach.
He's the Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!
He's got twelve bedrooms
with eight wives in each,
He's the Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!
He's got one wife who wears a veil
it covers half her face
from her nose right down to her toes
You'll see nothing else but space.
She'll dance and waggle her "san fairy ann"
for the Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!

Now what he fancies always does him good,
He's the Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!
He lives on rice
roast beef and Yorkshire pud,
He's the Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!
He wears a dish cloth round his waist
His fav'rite wife called Nellie
said "You'd look well
if the darned thing fell
you'd have nought to cover your ankles.
He said: "Who cares, I could always wear a fan,
'cos I'm the Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!"

He practices hia magic
in the Eastern bazaar
slave girls come under his spell.
When he puts on the fluence
they don't know where they are.
He does Indian tricks
and dirty tricks as well:

He looks just like a Nabob of renown,
He's a Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!
A Nabob, two bob, three bob,
half a crown,
He's the Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!
A Princess gave him jewels and said:
"For all your love I yearn,"
But jewels could not compare
with what he went and gave her in return.
He's ninety nine,
but he does all he can,
for a Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!"

Now what he fancies always does him good,
He's the Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!
He lives on rice
roast beef and Yorkshire pud,
He's the Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!
He wears a dish cloth round his waist
His fav'rite wife called Nellie
said "You'd look well
if the darned thing fell
you'd have nought to cover your ankles.
He said: "Who cares, I could always wear a fan,
'cos I'm the Hindoo, Howdo, Hoodoo, Voodoo man!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
banjo
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Hindoo Man 1968 George Formby
by George Formby, Fred E. Cliffe & Harry Gifford
© 1968 by Lawrence Wright Music Ltd.  London W1
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 21 February 2012 at 21.55
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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