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Ken Schatz: “Johnny Come Down to Hilo” – Songs of the Sea and Taverns, Historic Richmond Town.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3OaTC43BHs
Never seen the like since I been born, An Arkansas farmer with his sea boots on Johnny come down to Hilo, poor old man Chorus Wake her, shake her Wake that gal with the blue dress on Johnny come down to Hilo, poor old man Who’s been here since I been gone, that pretty little gal with the blue dress on She’s a downeast gal with a downeast style, for a dollar a time and it’s all worthwhile Downeast gals they dress so fine, they ain’t got Jesus on their mind I don’t care where in the world I go, I can’t get away from the calico My wife she died in Tennessee And they sent her jawbone back to me I hung that jawbone on the fence And I ain’t heard nothing but the jawbone since So hand me down my riding cane I’m off to see Ms. Sarah Jane