HILO HATTIE
© 1936
Lyrics Howard Adamson; Music: Don McDiarmid and Johnny Noble
For the well-known version of this song, see When Hilo Hattie Does the Hilo Hop
Sheet Music: Miller Music, 1936
Recordings: Ray Kinney and his Hawaiian Musical Ambassadors, 1936
CD:
In Hilo there's a girl quite natty
People call her Hilo Hattie
It's a wonder what that girl can do
She does a dance with meaning to it
And can that wahine do it
I've seen Hattie
You should see her too.
When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop
The folks in Honolulu start to close up shop
For ev'rything and ev'rybody comes to a stop
When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop
That wahine sure can sock it
Let me tell you she's no ickie
Give her rhythm and she'll rock it
She's very solid with her wicky wacky wicky
When she goes to town she really goes
The even say that Hattie woke up 'Ol Man Mose
He might haave kicked the bucket but he's up on his toes
When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop
When Hilo Hattie starts to spread her wiles
They really break it up in those Hawaiian Isles
There's such a celebration you can hear it for miles
When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop
When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop
The 'gators from the craters holler chop chop chop
Humuhumunukunukus swim to the top
When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop
She's really up to date believe you me
Her jumpin' jive is all the rage at Waikiki
You'll see the monkeys jumpin' in the cocoanut tree
When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop
Far across that blue Pacific
There's a lot of people truckin'
'Cause they've heard that she's terrific
She does the hula with a little bit of peckin'
You don't know what it means to swing and sway
Until you've seen it done the South Sea way
You'd better come along and take a lesson today
When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop
The girl is really hep and listen 'gates
If Hattie ever comes to these United States
The jitterbugs will have to keep an eye on their mates
When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop
From California shores to rocky Maine
Her fame is spreading like a tropic hurricane
It's anybody's right to go a little insane
When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop
If Kay Kyser using prudence
Asked about the swing sensation
If he ever hollered 'students'
It's ten to one that Hattie'd get the nomination
Fifty-Second Street with all its jives
Is planning on a holiday when she arrives
And eve'ry body's gonna have the time of their lives
When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop
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