From the 1933 film “Palooka”. Words by Ben Ryan. Music by Jimmy Durante.
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
What is that haunting refrain
That you hear in the air?
Here and there, ev’rywhere
It’s just a beautiful strain
That keeps taunting my brain constantly
It’s my melody, it’s my symphony
Chorus
Inka dinka doo, a dinka dee, a dinka doo
Oh, what a tune for crooning
Inka dinka doo, a dinka dee, a dinka doo
It’s got the whole world spooning
Eskimo bells up in Iceland are ringing
They’ve made their own Paradise Land singing
Inka dinka doo, a dinka dee, a dinka doo
Simply means Inka dinka dee, a dinka doo
Performance
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