Danny Kaye feat. The Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen & His Orchestra -
Their Greatest Hits and Finest Performances
Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)
Each morning, a missionary advertises
Neon sign
He tells the native population
That civilization is fine
And three educated savages
Holler from a bamboo tree
That civilization is a thing for me to see
So bongo, bongo, bongo,
I don't want to leave the congo
oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle,
I'm so happy in the jungle,
I refuse to go
Don't want no bright lights,
False teeth, doorbells, landlords,
I make it clear
(That no matter how they coax him)
I'll stay right here
I looked through a magazine
The missionary's wife concealed
(Magazine, what happens)
I see how people who are civilized
Bung you with automobile
(You know you can get hurt that way Daniel)
At the movies they have got to pay
Many coconuts to see
(What do they see, darling)
Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of me
So bongo, bongo, bongo,
He don't want to leave the congo,
Oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle,
He's so happy in the jungle,
He refuse to go
Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis, noise in my ear
(So, no matter how they coax him)
I'll stay right here
They hurry like savages
To get aboard an iron train
And though it's smokey and it's crowded,
They're too civilized to complain
When they've got two weeks vacation,
They hurry to vacation ground
(What do they do, darling)
They swim and they fish,
But that's what I do all year round
So bongo, bongo, bongo
I don't want to leave the congo,
Oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle,
I'm so happy in the jungle,
I refuse to go
Don't want no jailhouse,
(shotgun) fish hooks (golf clubs)
I got my spears
(So, no matter how they coax him)
I'll stay right here
They have things like the atom bomb
(so I think I'll stay where I am)
Civilization, I'll stay right here
Neon sign
He tells the native population
That civilization is fine
And three educated savages
Holler from a bamboo tree
That civilization is a thing for me to see
So bongo, bongo, bongo,
I don't want to leave the congo
oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle,
I'm so happy in the jungle,
I refuse to go
Don't want no bright lights,
False teeth, doorbells, landlords,
I make it clear
(That no matter how they coax him)
I'll stay right here
I looked through a magazine
The missionary's wife concealed
(Magazine, what happens)
I see how people who are civilized
Bung you with automobile
(You know you can get hurt that way Daniel)
At the movies they have got to pay
Many coconuts to see
(What do they see, darling)
Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of me
So bongo, bongo, bongo,
He don't want to leave the congo,
Oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle,
He's so happy in the jungle,
He refuse to go
Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis, noise in my ear
(So, no matter how they coax him)
I'll stay right here
They hurry like savages
To get aboard an iron train
And though it's smokey and it's crowded,
They're too civilized to complain
When they've got two weeks vacation,
They hurry to vacation ground
(What do they do, darling)
They swim and they fish,
But that's what I do all year round
So bongo, bongo, bongo
I don't want to leave the congo,
Oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle,
I'm so happy in the jungle,
I refuse to go
Don't want no jailhouse,
(shotgun) fish hooks (golf clubs)
I got my spears
(So, no matter how they coax him)
I'll stay right here
They have things like the atom bomb
(so I think I'll stay where I am)
Civilization, I'll stay right here
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Writer(s): Bob Hilliard, Carl Sigman
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