She wears red feathers
D A
She wears red feathers and a hooly-hooly
skirt,
D
she wears red feathers and a hooly-hooly skirt.
G D
She lives on just cokey-nuts and fish from the
sea,
Bm
A D
a rose in her hair, a gleam in her eyes, and love in
her heart for me.
+ Bm - A - D
D
A
1. I work in a London bank, respectable position,
D E A
from nine to three they serve
you tea, but ruin your disposition.
G D Bm
Each night of music calls,
rather lost I seem,
D A D
and once a
pearl of a native girl came smilin' right at me.
+ CHORUS + Bm - A - D
D
A
2. Goodbye to the London bank, I started in a-sailin',
D E
A
the fourteenth day from
G D Bm
She knew I was on my way,
waited, and was true,
D A D
she said, "You son of an Englishman, I've dreamed each night of
you".
+ CHORUS + Bm - A - D
D
A
3. I went to her Ma and Pa and said I loved her only,
D
E A
and they both said we could be
wed, oh, what a ceremony.
G D Bm
An elephant brought her in,
placed her by my side,
D A D
while six baboons got out bassoons and played "Here Comes the Bride"
(orginal moves up half a note to capo in the first fret
here)
+ D - A - D
D
A
4. I'm back here in
D E A
she's here with me and you
should see us walk down Picadilly.
G
D Bm
The boys at the London bank kinda hold their breath,
D
A D
she sits with me and sips her
tea which tickles them to death.
D
A
She wears red feathers and a hooly-hooly
skirt,
D
she wears red feathers and a hooly-hooly
skirt.
G D
She lives on just cokey-nuts and fish from the
sea,
Bm
a rose in her hair, a gleam in her eyes,
G A D
and love (and love) in her heart (in her heart) for me
!