I nebber see de like since I been born
When a big buck fellah wid his sea boots on sez:
"Johnny come down to Hilo! Poor old man
Oh wake her oh shake her
Oh wake that gel wid the blue-dress on
When Johnny comes down to Hilo! Poor old man"
I lub a little gel across the sea
She's a Badian beauty and she sez to me
"Johnny come down to Hilo! Poor old man
Oh wake her oh shake her
Oh wake that gel wid the blue-dress on
When Johnny comes down to Hilo! Poor old man"
O was you ebber down in Mobile Bay
A-screwin' cotton for a dollar a day?
"Johnny come down to Hilo! Poor old man
Oh wake her oh shake her
Oh wake that gel wid the blue-dress on
When Johnny comes down to Hilo! Poor old man"
Did you ebber see de ol' Plantation Boss
And his long-tailed filly and his big black hoss?
"Johnny come down to Hilo! Poor old man
Oh wake her oh shake her
Oh wake that gel wid the blue-dress on
When Johnny comes down to Hilo! Poor old man"
Oh go feth me down me riding cane
For I'm off to see me sweatheart Jane.
"Johnny come down to Hilo! Poor old man
Oh wake her oh shake her
Oh wake that gel wid the blue-dress on
When Johnny comes down to Hilo! Poor old man"
Ooh Sally in the garden pickin' peas
An' the hair of her head hangin' down her knees.
"Johnny come down to Hilo! Poor old man
Oh wake her oh shake her
Oh wake that gel wid the blue-dress on
When Johnny comes down to Hilo! Poor old man"
Oh wake that gel wid the blue-dress on
When Johnny comes down to Hilo! Poor old man"