Yula Hicki-Wicki Yacki-Dula 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Jan 2006
2006

I'm going to sing,
I'm going to sing,
I'm going to sing you a song
in real Hawaiian,
cause my names' O'Brien,
and I come from Maida Vale!
Yukalie!
They said to me,
they said to me,
all you require is a voice
that's like cast iron,
and you'll sing Hawaiian
like a native on the trail.

Yacka dula
you don't require a voice they say,
as long as you shout "Ukale."
In a string of weeds
and a few glass beads,
you'll be the idol of the day,
If you sing

Yula Hicki, wicki, yacki dula!
Down where the banyans grow!
You'll hear them sing
Tally Ho, Tally Ho!
How's yer father?
Yula! Thank the Lord
I'm nearly throughla,
with this Hicki, wicki, dula,
yacki, wacki, wicki song.
Tres bon!

Yula Hicki, wicki, yacki dula!
Down where the banyans grow!
You'll hear them sing
Tally Ho, Tally Ho!
How's yer father?
Yula! Thank the Lord
I'm nearly throughla,
with this Hicki, wicki, dula,
yacki, wacki, wicki song.
Tres bon!

I'm going to sing,
I'm going to sing,
I'm going to sing you
a real Hawaiian ditty,
'cause the music's pretty,
and the girls all love my dress!
Yack a hula!
I'm going to sing,
I'm going to sing,
I've had my voice sand paper'd
to help me thro' it
and if I don't do it
well I shall be in a mess.

Yacka dula
beneath the moon each night I stray,
beside the blue Hawaiian Bay,
with a great big chief in a banyan leaf
and I steal his heart away.
When I sing

Yula Hicki, wicki, yacki dula!
Down where the banyans grow!
You'll hear them sing
Tally Ho, Tally Ho!
How's yer father?
Yula! Thank the Lord
I'm nearly throughla,
with this Hicki, wicki, dula,
yacki, wacki, wicki song.
Tres bon!

Yula Hicki, wicki, yacki dula!
Down where the banyans grow!
You'll hear them sing
Tally Ho, Tally Ho!
How's yer father?
Yula! Thank the Lord
I'm nearly throughla,
with this Hicki, wicki, dula,
yacki, wacki, wicki song.
Tres bon!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Yula Hicki-Wicki Yacki-Dula 1917
Music by Nat D. Ayer
Lyrics by Worton David
sung by Billy Elliott in the Musical "Tails Up"
© 1917 by B. Feldman & Co.  London
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 30 January 2006 at 17.48
in association with Doug Grierson
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