Duke Ellington and His Orchestra — Yale Boola

[Verse 1] Away, way down the on the old Swaunee Where the rippling waves are dancing to and fro The soft perfume from o'er the lea Tells where sweet magnolia blossoms grow There's where my Adelina dwells Mid fairy sylvan dells She laughs and sings the whole day through Boola, Boo, Boola, 'oola, Boola, Boo [Chorus] Boola, Boola, Boola, Boola Boola, Boola, Boola, Boola When I meet sweet Adelina Then she sings her Boola song Adelina, Adelina I'll be waiting Adelina When the silver moon is beaming Then I'll meet you, Adeline [Trio] Bright college years with pleasure rife The shortest gladdest years of life How swiftly are you gliding by? Oh, why doth time so quickly fly? The seasons come, the seasons go The Earth is green, or white with snow But time and change shall nought avail To break the friendships formed at Yale [Verse 2] Her long and wavy nut-brown hair Is tossing out upon the summer breeze Her sparkling eyes are wondrous far Her voice like the music 'mong the trees I ask her when she'll be my bride Her head she turns aside And laughs and sings the whole day through Boola, Boo, Boola, 'oola, Boola, Boo [Chorus] Boola, Boola, Boola, Boola Boola, Boola, Boola, Boola When I meet sweet Adelina Then she sings her Boola song Adelina, Adelina I'll be waiting Adelina When the silver moon is beaming Then I'll meet you, Adeline