'Wind It Up, I've Got A New Needle'

One of our occasional vocalists is Mr. Cole Hopper, who is also an 'occasional' lyricist. He recently penned these tasty little rhymes, and the Big Island Aloha Band and I worked on the tune.

I've never been one for aspersions cast

Rarely been first, most always last

Don't like to drag up your sordid little past

But wind it up, I've got a new needle

Wind it up, got a new needle.

Now I've often been left in Coventry

Had many a case of verbal dysentery

Love to make running commentary

So wind it up, I've got a new needle

Wind it up, got a new needle.

If you give me an inch I'll take a mile

And you'll be left with my Cheshire Cat smile

I will sing a little ditty of you, honeychile

And wind it up, I've got a new needle

Wind it up, got a new needle.

So, if you give me an inch I'll take a mile

And you'll be left with my Cheshire Cat smile

I will sing a little ditty of you, honeychile

And wind it up, I've got a new needle

Yes, wind it up, got a new needle.

It's as big as our local church steeple

Oh, wind it up...

I've got a new needle.

Words by Cole Hopper and music by Dukelele and the Big Island Aloha Band.

Copyright Djinn Jivin' Records (1930). Reissued 2009.