A popular song from 1924. Words by Jack Yellen. Music by Milton Charles & Wayne King.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Chorus
“Her name was Hula Lou
The kind of gal who never could be true
She did her dancing in the evenin’ breeze
‘Neath the trees
Oh, how she used to shake her “Seaweed-dees”
I never knew
A man who wouldn’t shoot a Dan McGrew
And sail across the briny blue to woo
The lady known as Hula Lou”
Patter
I’ve travelled in and out
I’ve travelled back and forth
I’ve seen ’em in the south
And seen ’em in the North
I’ve seen ’em shakin’ East
And seen ’em shakin’ West
But she does her shakin’
Where the shakin’ is best
She’s got a Hula smile
And lots of Hula hair
She’s Hula, Hula here
And Hula, Hula there
She’s got the cutest eyes
Don’t know what shade they are
‘Cause looking from the ground
I never got that far
Chorus
“Her name was Hula Lou
The kind of gal who never could be true
And ev’ry sailor who has travelled there
Will declare
She was the answer to a sailor’s pray’r
I never knew
A man who wouldn’t shoot a Dan McGrew
And sail across the briny blue to woo
The lady known as Hula Lou”