My Yokohama Girl 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 Jan 2010
2010

Fuji Kamo sat one day
drinking her Japanese tea,
Yankee sailor 'cross the way
Oh what a merry cuss he.
He drew up to her right away
when she smiled her Japanese way;
softly and gently then
I could hear him say:

My Yokohama Girl
Come away come away, come away,
My Yokohama Pearl
Run away, run away, run away,
In your silk pajama
go and tell Mama
I will be happy to see
your little Japanee.
Your Yankee sailor boy,
Hickey hoi, Hickey hoi, Hickey hoi,
Will save to make a home for you
I will give some simolian to some
Mongolian Yokohama girl like you.

My Yokohama Girl
Come away come away, come away,
My Yokohama Pearl
Run away, run away, run away,
In your silk pajama
go and tell Mama
I will be happy to see
your little Japanee.
Your Yankee sailor boy,
Hickey hoi, Hickey hoi, Hickey hoi,
Will save to make a home for you
I will give some simolian to some
Mongolian Yokohama girl like you.

She just murmured: "Hickey hoi,"
and closed her Japanese fan;
He just answered: "Ship Ahoy,"
and grasped her little brown hand,
Side by side they wandered away
as the boat steamed out of the bay
Coyly and joyly
she smiled to hear him say:

My Yokohama Girl
Come away come away, come away,
My Yokohama Pearl
Run away, run away, run away,
In your silk pajama
go and tell Mama
I will be happy to see
your little Japanee.
Your Yankee sailor boy,
Hickey hoi, Hickey hoi, Hickey hoi,
Will save to make a home for you
I will give some simolian to some
Mongolian Yokohama girl like you.

My Yokohama Girl
Come away come away, come away,
My Yokohama Pearl
Run away, run away, run away,
In your silk pajama
go and tell Mama
I will be happy to see
your little Japanee.
Your Yankee sailor boy,
Hickey hoi, Hickey hoi, Hickey hoi,
Will save to make a home for you
I will give some simolian to some
Mongolian Yokohama girl like you.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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My Yokohama Girl 1917
Music by Harry Tierney
Lyrics by Alfred Bryan
© MCMXVII by Jerome H.Remick & Co. - New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 24 January 2010 at 13.15
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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