Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)-The Andrews Sisters

[00:09.360]Each morning a missionary advertise with neon sign [00:15.080]He tells the native population that civilization is fine [00:21.210]And three educated savages holler from a bongo tree [00:27.280]That civilization is a thing for me to see [00:33.160]So bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the Congo [00:36.770]Oh no no no no no [00:39.940]Bingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go [00:44.990]Don't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords [00:49.380]I make it clear [00:51.950]That no matter how they coax him [00:54.500]I'll stay right here [01:01.850]I looked through a magazine the missionary's wife concealed [01:05.600](Magazine? What happens?) [01:07.760]I see how people who are civilized bang you with automobiles [01:11.810](You know you can get hurt that way Daniel) [01:13.840]At the movies they have to pay many coconuts to see [01:17.980](What do they see Darling?) [01:20.110]Uncivilized pictures that the newsreels take of me [01:25.130]So bongo, bongo, bong he don't want to leave the Congo [01:29.490]Oh no no no no no [01:32.680]Bingle, bangle, bungle he's so happy in the jungle he refuse to go [01:37.770]Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis [01:42.020]Noise in my ear [01:44.690]So no matter how they coax him [01:47.080]I'll stay right here [01:54.710]They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train [02:00.650]And though it's smoky and crowded they're too civilized to complain [02:06.850]When they've got two weeks vacation they hurry to vacation grounds [02:11.090](What do they do Danny) [02:12.840]They swin and they fish but that's what I do all year round [02:18.740]So bongo, bongo, bongo I don't want to leave the Congo [02:22.510]Oh no no no no no [02:25.640]Bingle, bangle, bungle I'm so happy in the jungle I refuse to go [02:30.830]Don't want no jailhouse, shotguns, fish hooks, golf clubs [02:35.140]I've got my spear [02:37.870]So no matter how they coax him [02:40.430]I'll stay right here [02:44.130]They have things like the atom bomb [02:47.320]So I think I'll stay where I am [02:50.220]Civilization, I'll stay right here