Billy Murray & Ed Smalle “Hi-Lee Hi-Lo“ Victor 19095 (1923) song by Ira Schuster & Eugene West

Billy Murray & Ed Smalle “Hi-Lee Hi-Lo“ FULL TITLE: “Hi Lee, Hi Lo (Chop Suey a la Fox-ee Trot-ee)“ Victor 19095 Song by Ira Schuster & Eugene West William H. Reitz on traps 1923 Into China far away Came a little German band one day Started playing funny little tunes On their trombones and bassoons “Velly velly nice” the Chinese said “Me like-ee tune, me like-ee swing” Now all ove China land you can hear them sing “Hi Lee, Hi Lo, Hi Lee, Hi Lo” From Pekin down to Shanghai town You can hear them sing it all around “Hi Lee, Hi Lo, Hi Lee, Hi Lo” Now ev’ry little Chinese sheik will shout “Me love-ee sweet mama like sour krout” Oh, those lieber Chinese bands That funny little tune they hum it And they croon it ev’rywhere they go “Hi Lee, Hi Lo, Hi Lee, Hi Lo” Quite funny don’t you think To ev’ry little Chink means “I love you so” Sing-ee song-ee sung along-ee Get-ee hot wow wow Which means in Chinese language That a cat can’t say Bow-wow Mak-ee Jazz-ee razz-ma-tazz-ee Get hot lips, hot feet Which means to Chinese girlie “Mister, tell me when we eat” Holee smokee hokee pokee Birds nest and bees knees You can not find a reason why A Chinese pup has fleas Sum-Gai, dumb guy Don’t know just why this song’s all the rage They ought to put the guys who wrote it In a padded cage Chinese used to be quite slow Ever since they learned “Hi Lee, Hi Lo” Every little Chink is full of pep And you ought to see them step Fox-ee fox-ee trot is all the rage They dance all day, they dance all night When they hear their fav’rite tune They join with delight Billy Murray & Ed Smalle “Hi-Lee Hi-Lo“ Victor 19095 (1923) song by Ira Schuster & Eugene West