Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)-The Andrews Sisters/Danny Kaye

[ti:Civilization] [ar:The Andrew Sisters] [00:07.87]Each morning a missionary advertise with neon sign [00:14.47]He tells the native population that civilization is fine [00:19.62]And three educated savages holler from a bongo tree [00:25.38]That civilization is a thing for me to see [00:31.26]So bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the congo [00:36.42]Oh no no no no no [00:39.98]Bingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go [00:44.48]Don't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords [00:48.85]I make it clear [00:52.25]That no matter how they coax him [00:54.47]I'll stay right here [00:58.13]I looked through a magazine the missionary's wife concealed [01:05.09](Magazine? What happens?) [01:07.40]I see how people who are civilized bang you with automobiles [01:11.72](You know you can get hurt that way Daniel) [01:13.47]At the movies they have got to pay many coconuts to see [01:17.06](What do they see Danny?) [01:19.30]Uncivilized pictures that the newsreels take of me [01:23.26]So bongo, bongo, bong he don't want to leave the congo [01:28.93]Oh no no no no no [01:31.82]Bingle, bangle, bungle he's so happy in the jungle he refuse to go [01:36.09]Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis [01:41.79]Noise in my ear [01:43.58]So no matter how they coax him [01:46.37]I'll stay right here [01:52.26]They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train [01:58.24]And though it's smoky and crowded they're too civilized to complain [02:04.54]When they've got two weeks vacation they hurry to vacation grounds [02:10.46](What do they do Danny) [02:12.88]They swim and they fish but that's what I do all year round [02:16.48]So bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the congo [02:21.79]Oh no no no no no [02:24.77]Bingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go [02:29.69]Don't want no jailhouse, shotguns, fish hooks, golf clubs [02:34.36]I've got my spear [02:36.51]So no matter how they coax him [02:39.11]I'll stay right here [02:42.16]They have things like the atom bomb [02:45.79]So I think I'll stay where I "om" [02:49.02]Civilization, I'll stay right here