Civilization

Civilization - The Andrews Sisters/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 Dani

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 am

Civilization I'll stay right here