Lyrics

[Verse 1] It's of a merchant's daughter brought up in Callao Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go She took me in the parlour and said, "Won't you be me beau?" Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go Oh, doodle let me go, me girls, doodle let me go Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go [Verse 2] Oh, all around the sofa, lads, and wasn't it a go Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go And about the hour of twelve o'clock, her own man, he come home Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go Oh, doodle let me go, me girls, doodle let me go Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go [Verse 3] As I was out a-walking down by the riverside Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go It was there I seen this pretty girl a-swimming in the tide Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go Oh, doodle let me go, me girls, doodle let me go Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go [Verse 4] As I was out a-walking all in the bright moonlight Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go It was there I seen this girl a-swimming and her eyes, they shone so bright Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go Oh, doodle let me go, me girls, doodle let me go Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go [Verse 5] I wish I was in Madame Gashay's, down in Callao Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go Where the girls hold on your bobstay and they never let it go Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go Oh, doodle let me go, me girls, doodle let me go Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go [Verse 6] We'll cast a line 'round Madame Gashay's and take the house in tow Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go We'll tow it back to Liverpool all the way from Callao Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go Oh, doodle let me go, me girls, doodle let me go Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go [Outro] Oh, doodle let me go, me girls, doodle let me go Hurrah, me yaller girls, doodle let me go