Kille Kille Wash Wash (Gilly Gilly Wash Wash; Hail to Our Wigwam; Okoboji Song)

DESCRIPTION: "Gilly, Gilly, Gilly, Gilly, Wash, Wash, Wash, Wash, Kiya! Kiya! Kiya! Kiya!" Repeat as desired. "Hail to our wigwam, Oh, hail to our wigwam."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Harbin-Parodology)
KEYWORDS: nonballad home campsong
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Harbin-Parodology, #191, "Okoboji Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 148, 150-151, 288, 289, "Kille Kille Wash Wash"/"Kille Kille" (notes only)
OneTuneMore, p. 53, "Killy, Killy" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [52 words]: Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs gives this the title "Kille Kille Wash Wash," but diligent searching has failed to produce anything with that title. I'm guessing it's the song I found as "Gilly Gilly Wash Wash," on the grounds that what else would it be? But I'm using Averill's title because she's published it. - RBW
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