Lyrics:
First verse
In Honolulu town, a man known miles around Has turned things upside down They call him Old Bill Bailey Bill Bailey won his fame with his old guitar Ukalele is it's name in that land a far The ships ‘way out at sea Can hear his melody.
Chorus
When Old Bill Bailey plays the Ukalele Down in Honolula they do the ""hula Hula,"" Ev'ry evening there they are, swayin' while he's playin' his Hawaiian guitar The ragtime motion even has the ocean bobbin' up and down, Sometimes a whale gets feeling flip Wags his tail and sinks a battle ship When Old Bill Bailey plays the Ukalele Down in Honolulu town. When Old Bill Bailey plays the Ukalele Down in Honolula they do the ""Hula Hula,"" Ev'ry evening there they are, swayin' while he's playin' his Hawaiian guitar The ragtime motion even has the ocean bobbin' up and down, Sometimes a whale gets feeling flip Wags his tail and sinks a battle ship When Old Bill Bailey plays the Ukalele Down in Honolulu town.
Second verse
Some Suffragettes went down, to Honolulu town Among those gals of brown They tried a “Suffrage Movement” The meetings that they held never lasted long Old Bill Bailey broke them up when he played a song, For Suffrage they don’t care There’s other “move ments” there.
(Chorus)
Sheldon Harris Collection
