I'm Down In Honolulu Looking Them Over 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 21 Aug 2007
2007

You know my Uncle Jeremiah
who disappeared a month ago,
we got a letter from Hawaii
and I declare
my uncle's there
the atmosphere set him on fire.
It simply went right to his head,
what do you think he wrote
in his little note;
this is what he said:

I'm down in Honolulu
looking them over
I'm down in Honolulu
living in clover,
try and guess
the way they dress,
no matter what you think it is,
it's even less,
their language is hard to understand
because it's so tricky
I've got them teaching me to say wicky, wicky,
I don't know what it means
but it's the best that ever was
and if it means just what I think it does,
I'll be in Honolulu
looking them over
for a long, long time.

I'm down in Honolulu
looking them over
I'm down in Honolulu
living in clover,
try and guess
the way they dress,
no matter what you think it is,
it's even less,
their language is hard to understand
because it's so tricky
I've got them teaching me to say wicky, wicky,
I don't know what it means
but it's the best that ever was
and if it means just what I think it does,
I'll be in Honolulu
looking them over
for a long, long time.

My brother said: "It's very nifty
our Uncle's got the right idea,
although my brother's very thrifty,
he sent a wire
to Jeremiah
he said: "I'll go you fiftyfifty
with every Hula girl you see.
My brother nearly died
Uncle just replied:
"Please don't bother me."

I'm down in Honolulu
looking them over
I'm down in Honolulu
living in clover,
try and guess
the way they dress,
no matter what you think it is,
it's even less,
their language is hard to understand
because it's so tricky
I've got them teaching me to say wicky, wicky,
I don't know what it means
but it's the best that ever was
and if it means just what I think it does,
I'll be in Honolulu
looking them over
for a long, long time.

I'm down in Honolulu
looking them over
I'm down in Honolulu
living in clover,
try and guess
the way they dress,
no matter what you think it is,
it's even less,
their language is hard to understand
because it's so tricky
I've got them teaching me to say wicky, wicky,
I don't know what it means
but it's the best that ever was
and if it means just what I think it does,
I'll be in Honolulu
looking them over
for a long, long time.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I'm Down In Honolulu Looking Them Over 1916
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© MCMXVI by Waterson Berlin & Snyder Co.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 21 August 2007 at 3.02pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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