"What Did Delaware?"

[The Haleys]

Does anyone have the complete lyrics for this novelty song from the
mid-Sixties? Sorry, I don't know the artist. It starts out:

What did Delaware, boys, what did Delaware?
She wore a brand-New Jersey, that is what she wore

and goes on in the same punning style. Any help will be greatly
appreciated!

Peggy

[Peter S. Lupica]

I believe Perry Como was the artist but I do not have the lyrics. Sorry.

Pete

The Haleys <wfh...@inil.com> wrote in article <356264...@inil.com>...

[Ronald E. Hontz]

The Haleys wrote:
>
> Does anyone have the complete lyrics for this novelty song from the
> mid-Sixties? Sorry, I don't know the artist. It starts out:
>
> What did Delaware, boys, what did Delaware?
> She wore a brand-New Jersey, that is what she wore
>
> and goes on in the same punning style. Any help will be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Peggy

Courtesy of my pal HeelsFans. 'twas by Perry Como in 1960

[bcmoosic]

Wow! One of the first things I ever learned off the radio as a boy, priding
myself at the time for my terrific "memory skills". And here, almost 40
years later, it comes, proof positive of what silliness gets stored forever
in our unsuspecting brains. It was from Perry Como, it was called "Deleware"
and it goes something like this:

Oh, what did "Delaware" boys
What did Deleware
What did Delaware boys
What did Deleware
She wore a brand "New Jersey"
Wore a brand New Jersey
Wore a brand New Jersey
That's what she did wear

(...some kind of Mitch Miller-ish marching tattoo between verses, I
believe...)

Oh, what did "Mississip'", boy
What did Mississip'
What did Mississip', boy
To her pretty lips
She sipped a "Minnesota"
Sipped a Minnesota
Sipped a Minnesota
That's what she did sip

Oh, where has "Oregon", boy
Where has Oregon
If you wait "Alaska"
Alaska where she's gone
She went to pay her "Texas"
Went to pay her Texas
Went to pay her Texas
That's where she has gone

Oh, how did "Wisconsin", boy
She stole a "New-brass-key"
Too bad that "Arkansaw", boy
And so did "Tennessee"
It made poor "Flora-die", boy
Made poor Flora die, boy
She died in "Missouri", boy
She died in Missouiri

Yep, I guess that's when I knew I had to be a songwriter!

Larry Wayne Clark, Brainchild Music
brai...@juno.com
Apartment at Seven Oaks - Nashville hotel alternative
The Haleys wrote in message <356264...@inil.com>...

[haze...@my-dejanews.com]

In article <356264...@inil.com>,

wfh...@inil.com wrote:
>
> Does anyone have the complete lyrics for this novelty song from the
> mid-Sixties? Sorry, I don't know the artist. It starts out:
>
> What did Delaware, boys, what did Delaware?
> She wore a brand-New Jersey, that is what she wore
>
> and goes on in the same punning style. Any help will be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Peggy
>
>

This is from a kids' song book:

What did Delaware?
She wore her New Jersey
What did Idaho?
She hoed her Maryland
What did Ioway?
She weighed a Washington
How did Wisconsin?
She stole a New-Bras-Key
What did Tennesee?
She saw what Arkansas.
How did Floridie?
She died in Missouri?
Where has Oregon?
She's gone to Oklahome

Mark

-----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==-----
http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading