ILO

I am on my way
Back again to Madagascar Bay
I'll be feeling gay
When I hear the rolling billows sway,
I can see you there,
Like an Oriental Venus fair,
And I wouldn't care
If tomorrow would find me there.
For I'm like the ocean, just like the ocean blue.
Filled with devotion, and with emotion, too;

CHORUS:
Ilo, I am thinking of the day,
Ilo, down on Madagascar Bay
You looked to me like Neptune's daughter,
Standing alone there by the water,
Your eyes appealed so, they made me feel so,
Sentimental, Oriental,
Ilo, tho' you're many miles away
I know you are with me all the day
Ilo, I'll be with you in a while, Oh!
For I want to tell you, Ilo,
I love you.

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Listing Details

Subtitle
A Voice From Mummyland
Type
  • Song
Composer
Johhny Black
Copyright
1921
Publisher
Broadway Music Corporation
Cover Artist
F. E. Phares
Type
M
Notes
More confused geography: Madagascar Bay is relocated to the Orient. The costume worn by the woman on the cover looks more oriental than African
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