Say Goodbye to mama.
You're off to Yokohama.
So be brave and be strong,
You won't be gone long.
Say bye-bye mama,
The land of Yama-Yama,
Until April, I guess,
Will be your address.
Что за land of Yama-Yama? Жаргонное название Японии?
I speculate that "jigaboo" as used in the 1911 song(Bessie McCoy's famous "Yama Yama Man") was a nonsense word.
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I assume "Yama Yama" was a nonsense expression too. A book about "Yama Yama Land" (something like Oz, I gather) was apparently inspired by the "Yama Yama Man" song, but the song itself (in its simple form) doesn't seem to include any geographic or ethnic reference.
Вообщем, видимо, вымышлденная страна у черта на куличках, какой рядовому американцу и должна была казаться в то время Япония и в особенности острова вокруг неё, на которых и шла война, собственно.
Про апрель, скажем прямо, автор песни тоже промахнулся.