trad
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