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Danny Kaye
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Each morning, a missionary advertises neon sign
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He tells the native population that civilization is fine
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And three educated savages holler from a bamboo tree
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That civilization is a thing for me to see
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So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
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Bingo, bangle, bungle, I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go
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Don't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear
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That no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here
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I looked through a magazine the missionary's wife concealed (Magazine? What happens?)
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I see how people who are civilized bung you with automobile (You know you can get hurt that way Daniel?)
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At the movies they have got to pay many coconuts to see (What do they see, Darling?)
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Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of me
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So bongo, bongo, bongo, he don't want to leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
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Bingo, bangle, bungle, he's so happy in the jungle, he refuse to go
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Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis, noise in my ear
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So, no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here
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They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train
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And though it's smokey and it's crowded, they're too civilized to complain
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When they've got two weeks vacation, they hurry to vacation ground (What do they do, Darling?)
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They swim and they fish, but that's what I do all year round
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So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
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Bingo, bangle, bungle, I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go
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Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish-hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears
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So, no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here
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They have things like the a
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