From Kokomo a 1922 popular song words and music by Roy Turk and J. Russel Robinson
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“I got my fill of “Sleepy Phil”
Down in Philadelphiay
Until I got a thrill
From “Looie” down in Louisville
Then I met “Jack” from Jacksonville
Who spent his “Jack” so free
That “Al” from Alabama
Didn’t have a chance with me
I started in to tamper with a Tampa millionaire
‘Till “Vic” from Vicksburg came along
But I handed him the air
Now my lonesome heart is broken
‘Bout a hobo from Hoboken
I’m Fickle Flow from Kokomo”
Chorus
“I loved a “Rummy” out in Rome
Just a Roman Rumeo
Until I got a thrill from a little barber in Seville
I met a dub in Dublin, but he left me in a rage
And then some “ham” from Hamburg
Begged o’ me to try the stage
I met a pest in Budapest
But I sent him on his way
A sissy from old Sicily
All my perfume bills would pay
Now I’ve got a real strong suitor
He’s an onion from Bermuda
I’m Fickle Flow from Kokomo”