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HO HUM
(Heyman / Suesse (m & l) )
Sung by Annette Hanshaw 1931
Good-bye to winter
I'll see you next year
Hello to Springtime
Gee, I am glad your here.
Listen you fliver
Get yourself outside
Come on my sweetheart
Take me for a ride.
Ho hum, spring is here now
Ho hum, skies are very clear now
Ho hum, love is near now
For you and me.
Ho hum, April showers
Ho hum, lots of pretty flowers
Ho hum, happy hours
For you and me.
All the world is sweet once again
Heaven's at my feet once again.
Ho hum, lazy weather
Ho hum, feelin' like a feather
Ho hum, we're together
And so, ho hum.
Serenading, ocean wading, orangeade-ing
Ho hum
Street musicians, great ambitions, good conditions
Ho hum.
(bridge)
Chocolate bar, milk from dairies
Motorcars drawin' huckleberries
Twinkling stars, John's and Mary's
Strolling up and down the park.
In the sky, moonlight hovers
On the bed, soft and downy covers
On the street, lots of lovers
Findin' places nice and dark.
There's one thing on which we agree
Spring is very young, so are we.
Ooh, ooh, frogs are groaning
Mandolins are moaning
Oooh, microphoning
From me to you
Oh, dear.
NOTES:
(Catherine) Annette Hanshaw, an American, was a blues and jazz singer
from the 1920s and early 1930s and was purportedly one of the first
female jazz singers of that era.
She was known as 'The Personality Girl' or later on as 'The Flapper
Girl' by her followers and fit the 1920s period perfectly with her
flapper style and sweet innocent-sounding voice. She often ended her
songs with the cute tag "That's All". (see
MY BLACKBIRDS ARE BLUEBIRDS NOW
or THE ONE IN THE WORLD in this ILP database for examples of
this habit).
Some consider the later Hanshaw as a 'torch singer' along with the likes
of Ruth Etting, Mildred Bailey, Libby Holman, Helen Morgan and Bebe Daniels. Strangely,
she thought her abilities 'wanting' by her own standards and retired
early to married life, after only 15 years in the business.
HO HUM was also sung by Bing Crosby 1957 with Gus Arnheim and His
Orchestra
< HO HUM > appeared on an RCA EP as the 'B2' track. The 'B1' track was
ONE MORE TIME
The A1' track on this same RCA EP was WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS
while the 'A2' track was THEM THERE EYES
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HO HUM
Bing Crosby also recorded < HO HUM > with Loyce (Lois) Whiteman. The
lyrics vary somewhat from Hanshaw's lyrics above.
Ho hum, spring is here now [Crosby]
Ho hum, skies are very clear now [Whiteman]
Ho hum, love is near now [Crosby]
For you and me. [Both]
Ho hum, April showers [Crosby]
Ho hum, lots of pretty flowers [Whiteman]
Ho hum, happy hours [Crosby]
For you and me. [Both]
All the world is sweet once again [Whiteman]
Heaven's at my feet once again. [Crosby]
Ho hum, lazy weather [Whiteman]
Ho hum, feelin' like a feather [Crosby]
Ho hum, we're together [Whiteman]
And so, ho hum. [Both]
(bridge)
Ho hum, hold me tightly [Crosby]
Ho hum, kiss me lightly [Whiteman]
Ohhhh, treasures nightly [Crosby]
For you and me. [Both]
Additional Note:
Bing Crosby also recorded another song which is sometimes confused with
the above lyric. It was called AIN’T GOT A DIME TO MY NAME and
contains the words ‘Ho Hum’ throughout. This Van Heusen/Burke creation
originated from the 1942 film < Road To Morocco >.
(Transcribed by David Story- April 2014)
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