[ti:Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)]
[ar:Louis Prima]
[al:100 Vocal & Jazz Classics - Vol. 17 (1947-1949)]
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[00:00.00]Civilization(Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) - Louis Prima & His Orchestra
[00:14.65]Bongo bongo bongo
[00:15.89]I don't wanna leave the Congo
[00:17.80]Oh no no no no no
[00:19.97]No no no no
[00:21.85]Bingo bangle bungle
[00:23.14]I'm so happy in the jungle
[00:24.93]And I'll tell you so you were alone
[00:28.80]Each morning
[00:29.91]A missionary advertises neon sign
[00:35.82]He tell the native population
[00:37.71]That civilization is fine
[00:42.87]Every educated savage is hollerin'
[00:46.08]From a bamboo tree
[00:50.58]That civilization is a thing for me to see
[00:57.17]Whoa bongo bongo bongo
[00:59.46]I don't wanna leave the Congo
[01:01.44]Oh no no no no no
[01:05.70]Bingo bangle bungle
[01:06.87]I'm so happy in the jungle
[01:08.80]I refuse to go
[01:11.51]Don't want no bright lights
[01:13.81]False teeth doorbells landlords
[01:16.56]I make it clear
[01:19.72]That no matter how they coax me
[01:22.36]I'll stay right here
[01:26.95]Now I looked through a magazine
[01:28.94]The missionary's wife concealed
[01:34.28]I see the people who are civilized
[01:36.42]Bang you with automobile
[01:41.78]At the movies they have
[01:43.01]Got to pay many coconuts to see
[01:49.21]Uncivilized pictures
[01:51.00]That the newsreel takes of me
[01:55.84]So bongo bongo bongo
[01:58.17]I don't wanna leave the Congo
[02:00.03]Oh no no no no no
[02:04.28]They hurry like savages
[02:05.91]To get aboard an iron train
[02:11.23]And though it's smoky and it's crowded
[02:13.15]They're too civilized to complain
[02:18.67]When they've got two weeks vacation
[02:20.98]They hurry to vacation ground
[02:26.29]They swim and they fish ha
[02:28.34]That's what I do all year round
[02:32.93]So bongo bongo bongo
[02:35.37]I don't wanna leave the Congo
[02:37.26]Oh no no no no no
[02:39.67]No no no no
[02:41.61]Bingo bangle bungle
[02:42.91]I'm so happy in the jungle
[02:44.75]I refuse to go
[02:47.69]Don't want no bright lights
[02:49.88]False teeth doorbells landlords
[02:52.88]Jailhouse
[02:53.64]A beater
[02:54.76]Sweethearts
[02:55.77]Hick kiss
[02:56.62]We make it clear
[02:59.94]They have things like the atom bomb
[03:03.67]So I think I'll stay where I am
[03:06.75]Civilization no no no no
[03:10.10]I stay right here