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(He's got a gun in) Kalamazoo

Times have changed in Kalamazoo

I just saw the post so I know

there's someone deranged in Kalamazoo

(Zoo,

Zoo, Zoo, Zoo, Zoo)

Years have gone by

My, My. Where they once made a stew

after using fish hooks

now it looks

like they have plenty of kooks in Kalamazoo

who have a gun

and it's very much less fun

after they're done in Kalamazoo

(Zoo,

Zoo, Zoo, Zoo, Zoo)

HzL, 2/21/16

Name origin[edit]

Main article: Etymology of Kalamazoo

Originally known as Bronson (after founder Titus Bronson) in the township of Arcadia, the names of both the city and the township were changed to "Kalamazoo" in 1836 and 1837, respectively.^[7] The Kalamazoo name comes from a Potawatomi word, first found in a British report in 1772. However, the Kalamazoo River, which passes through the modern city of Kalamazoo, was located on the route between Detroit and Fort Saint-Joseph (nowadays Niles, Michigan). French-Canadian traders, missionaries, and military personnel were quite familiar with this area during the French era and thereafter. The name for the Kalamazoo River was then known by Canadians and French as La rivière Kikanamaso. The name "Kikanamaso" was also recorded by Father Pierre Potier, a Jesuit missionary for the Huron-Wendats at the Assumption mission (south shore of Detroit), while en route to Fort Saint-Joseph during the fall of 1760.^[8]Legend has it that "Ki-ka-ma-sung," meaning "boiling water," referring to a footrace held each fall by local Native Americans, who had to run to the river and back before the pot boiled.^[9] Still another theory is that it means "the mirage or reflecting river."^[10] Another legend is that the image of "boiling water" referred to fog on the river as seen from the hills above the current downtown. The name was also given to the river that flows almost all the way across the state.

The name Kalamazoo, which sounds unusual to English-speaking ears, has become a metonym for exotic places, as in the phrase "from Timbuktu to Kalamazoo."^[11] Today, T-shirts are sold in Kalamazoo with the phrase "Yes, there really is a Kalamazoo."^[12]

(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo

Glenn Miller

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H
I got a gal in Kalamazoo
Don't want to boast but I know
She's the toast of Kalamazoo
(Zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo)

Years have gone by
My, my, how she grew
I liked her looks
When I carried her books in Kalamazoo
(Zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo)

I'm gonna send a wire
Hoppin' on a flyer, leavin' today
Am I dreamin'?
I can hear her screamin', "Hiya, Mr. Jackson"
Everything's O-K, A-L-A-M-A-Z-O

Oh, what a gal, a real pipperoo
I'll make my bid
For that freckle faced kid I'm hurryin' to
I'm goin' to Michigan
To see the sweetest gal in Kalamazoo

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