"There'll Be A Little Smokio In Tokio"
Performed by Don Baker with The Polka Dots
Written by Pat Kellogg and Jim Rice
Recorded unknown, probably December 1941 or early 1942
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[lyrics transcribed by listening. It's always nice to have another set of ears. Send additions and corrections to the webmaster address above]
We're getting all set to sail
To make all the monkeys wail
Over the ocean, ahoy
The sooner we start to do
The sooner the job is through
Over the ocean, ahoy

There'll be a little smokio in Tokio
Hooray, hooray, hooray
And you can bet it will not be from Tokio
Hooray, hooray, hooray
Them saki yaki boy
Will throw away his toys
And Uncle Sam will frown
When Yankee Doodle goes to town
There'll be a little smokio in Tokio
Hooray, hooray, hooray

There'll be a little smokio in Tokio
Hooray, hooray, hooray
And you can bet it will not be from Tokio
Hooray, hooray, hooray
Them saki yaki boy
Will throw away his toys
And Uncle Sam will frown
When Yankee Doodle goes to town
There'll be a little smokio in Tokio
Hooray, hooray, hooray
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