Jimmy Kennedy

“You put your right arm in,Your right arm outIn, out, in, out and shake it all about.You do the hokey cokey and you turn around,And that's what it's all about.”

“Even old New York was once New Amsterdam.Why they changed it I can't say;People just liked it better that way.Istanbul was ConstantinopleNow it's Istanbul, not ConstantinopleBeen a long time gone, ConstantinopleWhy did Constantinople get the works?That's nobody's business but the Turks!”

“How could I help if tears were starting?Goodbye to tender nights beside the silv'ry sea.I longed to hold you near and kiss you just once more,But you were on the ship and I was on the shore.”

“We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line.Have you any dirty washing, mother dear?We're gonna hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line.'Cause the washing day is here.”

“South of the border, down Mexico way.That's where I fell in love where stars above, came out to play.And now as I wonder, my thoughts ever straySouth of the border, down Mexico way.”

“This sad reality, To know it couldn't be,That's Portugal and love in April!The music and the wine convinced me you were mine,But it was just the spring fooling me.”

“Red sails in the sunset,Way out on the sea,Oh carry my loved oneHome safely to me.”

“My prayer is to linger with youAt the end of the day in a dream that's divine;My prayer is a rapture in blueWith the world far away and your lips close to mine.”

“If you go down in the woods todayYou're sure of a big surprise.If you go down in the woods todayYou'd better go in disguise.For ev'ry bear that ever there wasWill gather there for certain, becauseToday's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.”

“She was sweet as a rose at the dawning,But somehow fate hadn't meant her for me;Though I sailed with the tide in the morning,Still my heart's on the Isle of Capri.”

“Time to fly away,Gentlemen, please.Fly away into the abyss,Every night at 9 o'clockWe fly into the night once again!”

“Let's all sing the barmaid's song,Time gentlemen, please.Every night we hear this refrain,Every night at 11 o'clockWe hear it once again!”