Okefenokee

Okefenokee:Freddy Cannon.

#43 on SWAN Records in 1959.



INTRO: C G7



#1.

C

Way down south in Okefenokee the sun goes down



and the air is cool.

          F

There's a real neat beat traveling over the water..

     C                        G7

it's making me a dancing fool.



CHORUS:

C                                                    G7

Okefenokee, Okefenokee..choo-wah, choo-wah, choo-wah.



#2.

C

Out on the lake down in Okefenokee The Riverboat is



where the cats all go.

F                                                C

Stomping their feet and clapping in rhythm..it's wilder

             G7

than a rodeo.



CHORUS:

C                                                    G7

Okefenokee, Okefenokee..choo-wah, choo-wah, choo-wah.





(INTERLUDE:) C C7 F C G7 F C G7



#3.

       C

On the deck of the boat down in Okefenokee I met a Georgia 



Peach who was raring to go.

    F                                                C

She danced up a storm with her pom-poms booming..til someone 

                      G7

hollered, fire below!



#4.

          C#

Well, the boat went down in Okefenokee while the cats and 



chicks went for the door.

   F#                                      C#

My baby and I stole a kiss on the water..I kissed her all

                  G#7

the way to shore.



CHORUS:

C#                                                    G#7

Okefenokee, Okefenokee..choo-wah, choo-wah, choo-wah.



OUTRO:

         C#

Come on, Georgia, wooo!..let's party, sugar.

          F#                C#

Yeah, bye-bye..so, long for now, baby.

         G#       F#                    C#   G#7

Come on, Georgia..let's get outta here, baby.

         C#                      

Come on, spin it, baby..come on, honey..(Fade.)





A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.