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Sassafrass

Composed By: Peter Apo
Recorded By: Dez Beazley and Peter Apo

G		            C         G
Way down yonder in the honohono grass
			          D7
A Polynesian lady called a Sassafrass
  G		D7     C	     G
A wiggle in her walk a giggle in her talk
  D7
A funny way of putting on the class


G			     C	      G
First time I kissed her in Kapi'olani Park
			      D7
Bells started ringing and the sky turned dark
    G		 D7	       C	       G
The army and the navy couldn't keep the people calm
     D7
They thought it was a hydrogen bomb


Chorus:
	   G		D7	     G
	So tell all the neighborhood boys
					  D7
	I'm the one that's making all the noise
		  G	       D7	       C           G
	Cause the little honey bee knocked the heart outta me
	    D7			     G
	And that honey bee was, Sassafrass

D7	 G			   C	    G
Well the next time I kissed in the swimming hole
			    D7
Kissed her in the water and don't you know
G	       D7	  C	      G
Steam from the water rose high in the sky
	D7
And the old swimming hole went dry

G			       C        G
Took her to the Pali where the moon was high
				D7
Kissed her by the lights of the windward side
    G	      D7	   C	      G
The moon fell down and the stars went wild
	D7
And the Menehunes all went smile


Chorus

G			      C		 G
Now you heard the story of my Polynesian girl
			     D7
Sweetest little thing in the whole wide world
   G		D7	       C	     G
My heart does a flutter and my mind turns to butter
     D7
Everytime she holds my hand

G		    C	      G
I'm very sorry I've got to go now
		      D7
Me and my honey gotta take a vow
G	  D7		C	    G
Gonna get married gonna raise a family
      D7
Gonna raise them on honey and tea


Chorus

So tell all the Nanakuli Boys...


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