Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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G
C
I never seen the like since I be born
A big black sailor with his seaboats on
Oh, Johnny, come down to Hilo
G
C
Oh, poor old man
Oh, wake up! Oh, shake up!
Oh, wake that girl who
wears a blue dress on
Oh, Johnny, come down to Hilo
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G
C
I love a little girl that crossed the sea
She's a baddy in beauty and
she says to me
Oh, Johnny, come down to Hilo
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C
Oh, poor old man
Awake, oh, shaker
Awake, that girl with the blue dress on
Oh, Johnny, come down to Hyde, oh
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C
Oh, poor old man
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C
Were you ever down in Moalby Bay
Yes, going to Cotton for a dollar a day
Oh, Johnny, come down to Hyde, oh
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Oh, poor old man
Awake, oh, shaker
Awake, that girl with the blue dress on
Oh Johnny, come down to Hylo,
oh poor old man
Were you ever sailing round your horn,
you'd wish to God you'd never been born
Oh Johnny, come down to Hylo,
I'll wake that girl with her blue dress on
Oh Johnny, come down to Hylo,
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C
oh poor old man
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Did you ever seen the old plantation boss
and his long -tailed filly
and his big black horse?
Oh, Johnny, come down to high love,
oh, poor old man
Oh, wake her, oh, shake her,
oh, wake that girl with her blue dress on
Oh, Johnny, come down to high love,
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C
oh, poor old man
for I'm off to see my sweetheart Jane
Oh, Johnny, come down to Hyde,
oh, poor old man
Oh, wake her, oh, shake her,
oh, wake that girl
Who wears a blue dress on,
oh, Johnny, come down to Hyde,
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C
oh, poor old man
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