the number of inhabited islands is counted at anything from 166 to 227 -lrb- depending on the definition of ` inhabited ' i suppose -- ' she sang , ` and showed 'em what i got ... ' -lrb- actually , when the song became a hit she was in straitened financial circumstances and working in a sweetshop in ilford , essex , so instead of moving like harlow she could have been singing about moving to harlow that the view of the blue waters of lourdas bay , kefalonia , a stunning greek island untainted by the masses .