| # | Title | Principal Artiste | Composers | Lyricist / Date written | Place | Date recorded | Matrix | Label&cat.no. | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 271 | Makin' Wickey-Wackey Down In Waikiki | NMDO | Al Hoffman / Burton Lane | w/m `30 | London | February 19, 1931 | OB-369-3 | HMV B-5989, HMV EA-902 | With chorus. As above |
Image courtesy of Adrian Jorgensen
New Mayfair Dance Orchestra
Pack up your troubles, come on along
Where nights are dreamy and life's a song
In Honolulu across the sea
Makin' wicky-wacky down in Waikiki
Those hula dancers are sure good news
Those joy dispensers a cure for the blues
It's absolutley the place to be
Makin' wicky-wacky down in Waikiki
No evening clothes
Anything goes
Believe it or not
And when the night shadows fall
That's when they're all
Getting hot
On the ukelele
They use a moonbeam to light the night
And every tune seems to sound just right
It's absolutely the place to be
Makin' wicky-wacky down in Waikiki
Come with me, all you wooky makers
All you wideawakers, join me
I've just found a spot
You'll like it a lot
Far away, hop in Honolulu
When the hula-hula greets you
Hawaii's the place
Get a smile on your face
Pack up your troubles, come on along
Where nights are dreamy and life's a song
In Honolulu across the sea
Makin' wicky-wacky down in Waikiki
Those hula dancers are sure good news
Those joy dispensers a cure for the blues
It's absolutley the place to be
Makin' wicky-wacky down in Waikiki
The modern daughters skirts get shorter
In sunny weather
Now they're shorter than they oughta
'til they vanish altogether!
(Thanks to Mark Thompson for corrections)