Danny Kaye - Civilisation Lyrics

Lyrics Civilisation - Danny Kaye



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 wanna 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 wanna 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 wanna 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 "ahm"
Civilization, I'll stay right here!



Writer(s): Carl Sigman, Bob Hilliard


Danny Kaye - Songbook: Danny Kaye
Album Songbook: Danny Kaye
date of release
25-01-2011

1 Tubby The Tuba
2 Anatole of Paris (The Seret Life of Walter Mitty)
3 Minnie The Moocher
4 Ballin the Jack (On the Riviera)
5 Wonderful Copenhagen
6 Bloop Bleep
7 Civilisation
8 I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts
9 The Thing
10 Wilhelmina
11 The Ugly Duckling (Hans Christian Andersen)
12 Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon
13 Mad Dogs And Englishmen
14 Big Brass Band from Brazil
15 Popo The Puppet
16 C’est Si Bon
17 Woody Woodpecker
18 Triplets
19 Candy Kisses
20 Oh By Jingo
21 Manic Depressive Presents
22 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
23 Pigalle
24 Love Me Or Leave Me
25 All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
26 Little White Duck
27 Bread and Butter Woman
28 Beatin', Bangin', 'N Scratchin'
29 The Old Man / Gee I Wish I Was Back In the Army (From "White Christmas")
30 Blue Skies / I'd Rather See a Minstrel Show / Mandy (From "White Christmas")
31 Snow
32 Hans Christian Andersen
33 Inchworm (Hans Christian Andersen)
34 No Two People (Hans Christian Andersen)
35 Thumbelina (Hans Christian Andersen)
36 Anywhere I Wander (Hans Christian Andersen)
37 The King's New Clothes (Hans Christian Andersen)
38 There’s a Hole In the Bottom of the Sea
39 The Policeman's Song
40 Tonguetwisters
41 I Taut I Taw A Puddy-Tat
42 I'm Late
43 It's Never Too Late To Mendelsshon
44 Tchaikovsky and Other Russians
45 One Life to Live
46 The Princess of Pure Delight
47 My Ship
48 Jenny




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