Johnny Come Down To Hilo

Een kaapstandershanty. Als er nog weinig kracht op de lijn stond kon er met een stevig tempo gelopen worden. Een goed ritme kwam dan van pas.

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I nebber see de like since I been born,

When a big buck nigger wid his sea boots on, sez:

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“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 come down to Hilo! Poor old man”

I lub a little gel across the sea,

She’s a Badian beauty,and she sez to me:

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O, was you ebber down in Mobile Bay,
A-screwin’ cotton for a dollar a day?

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Did you ebber see de ol’ Plantation Boss

And his long-tailed filly and his big, black hoss?

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Oh, go feth me down me riding cane,

For I’m off to see me sweatheart Jane.

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Ooh, Sally in the garden pickin’ peas,

An’ the hair of her head hangin’ down her knees.

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