From Kokomo
a 1922 popular song
words and music by Roy Turk and J. Russel Robinson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- There’s a girl named Flo, out in Kokomo
Just as fickle as can be
Any boy that she may see
She will vamp him one, two, three
Travels everywhere, selling just mens’ wear
Oh! the orders that she brings
With her vamping eyes, you can recognize
This girlie when she sings
Chorus
“I got my fill of “Sleepy Phil”
Down in Philadelphiay
Until I got a thrill
From “Looie” down in Louisville
Then I met “Jack” from Jacksonville
Who spent his “Jack” so free
That “Al” from Alabama
Didn’t have a chance with me
I started in to tamper with a Tampa millionaire
‘Till “Vic” from Vicksburg came along
But I handed him the air
Now my lonesome heart is broken
‘Bout a hobo from Hoboken
I’m Fickle Flow from Kokomo”
- Soon she sailed away, from the U. S. A.
Selling goods across the sea
And no matter where she’d be
Every boy fell for her plea
Now she’s back to stay, and she stands all day
In the village grocery store
And if you come in, it will make you grin
When she begins to roar
Chorus
“I loved a “Rummy” out in Rome
Just a Roman Rumeo
Until I got a thrill from a little barber in Seville
I met a dub in Dublin, but he left me in a rage
And then some “ham” from Hamburg
Begged o’ me to try the stage
I met a pest in Budapest
But I sent him on his way
A sissy from old Sicily
All my perfume bills would pay
Now I’ve got a real strong suitor
He’s an onion from Bermuda
I’m Fickle Flow from Kokomo”
Sung here by Fred Feild: