Johnny, Come Down to Hilo

I nebber see de like since I been born,
When a big buck man wid his sea boots on,
Says «Johnny come down to Hilo,
Poor old man!»
Oh! wake her, Oh! shake her,
Oh! wake dat girl wid de blue dress on!
When Johnny comes down to Hilo,
Poor old man.
I lub a little girl across de sea,
She’s a Badian beauty, and she says to me,
«Oh! Johnny come down to Hilo,
Poor old man!»
Oh! wake her, Oh! shake her,
Oh! wake dat girl wid de blue dress on!
When Johnny comes down to Hilo,
Poor old man.
O, was you ebber down in Mobile Bay,
Where dey screws cotton on a summer day?
When Johnny comes down to Hilo,
Poor old man.
Oh! wake her, Oh! shake her,
Oh! wake dat girl wid de blue dress on!
When Johnny comes down to Hilo,
Poor old man.
Have you ebber seen de old PIantation boss
Wid de long tailed filly and de big black hoss?
When Johnny come down to Hilo,
Poor old man!
Oh! wake her, Oh! shake her,
Oh! wake dat girl wid de blue dress on!
When Johnny comes down to Hilo,
Poor old man.
I nebber seen de like since I been born,
When a big buck man wid his sea boots on,
Says «Johnny come down to Hilo,
Poor old man!»
Oh! wake her, Oh! shake her,
Oh! wake dat girl wid de blue dress on!
When Johnny comes down to Hilo,
Poor old man.