HOOKY JO         
(words and music by Rick Springfield)          


Hooky high Hooky Jo 
I need you so 
Hooky bye Hooky go 
Where I don't know 
Looky high looky low 
Where can you be 
Hooky high Hooky Jo 
I need your company

And my sergeant said 
The war is over son 
It doesn't really matter 
That the north has won
So I packed my bags 
And I gave back my gun 
I turned and headed home 
With the fighting done

Hooky high Hooky Jo 
I need you so 
Hooky by Hooky go 
Where I don't know 
Looky high looky low 
Where can you be 
Hooky high Hooky Jo 
I need your company

Hooky Jo and me 
We planned to make a start 
But the war came between us 
And we fell apart
Now this old gray coat is getting mighty thin 
But I'll keep on looking for her 
Til we meet again

Hooky high Hooky Jo 
I need you so 
Hooky by Hooky go 
Where I don't know 
Looky high looky low 
Where can you be 
Hooky high Hooky Jo 
I need your company

Hooky high Hooky Jo 
I need you so 
Hooky by Hooky go 
Where I don't know 
Looky high looky low 
Where can you be 
Hooky high Hooky Jo 
I need your company

(total playing time: 2:44 )

Song Facts: This song appears on Beginnings, The Best of Rick Springfield and Anthology.

According to US 

Originally, I never really tried to figure out what this song was even about.  I just couldn't get past the Looky High Looky Low (or the Tuba).  Now, actually, having it follow The Unhappy Ending, it's actually almost a nice uplifting change.  At least it has a "happy" feel to it.  I also could never come up with a good theory as to why Rick would be writing about the Civil War.  Maybe he was reading a book about that period at the time, or something.  For some reason, when I hear the whistling, I think of the Andy Griffin Show. - rlh