When Johnny Brings Lelahani Home

Performed by Hoosier Hot Shots
Recorded May 8, 1946
Written by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher

The mountain folks, they ain't a feudin'
Got no time for that no more
Plantin' up palm trees down in the valley
Buyin' grass skirts at the gen'ral store
The reason for this abberation
Is a sweet Hawaiian miss
Johnny sent home a hum-dinging photo
Now they're singing this:
There'll be a bit of Hawaii in the Ozarks
When Johnny brings Lelahani home
The pride of the village and his rose of Waikiki
Will bring the islands to the valley
They'll learn to play ukeleles in the Ozarks
Instead of a paper and a comb
There'll be a bit of Hawaii in the Ozarks
When Johnny brings Lelahani home

There'll be a bit of Hawaii in the Ozarks
When Johnny brings Lelahani home
The pride of the village and his rose of Waikiki
Will bring the islands to the valley
They'll learn to play ukeleles in the Ozarks
Instead of a paper and a comb
There'll be a bit of Hawaii in the Ozarks
When Johnny brings Lelahani home

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