(Down on the Bamboo Isle) A popular song from 1920 Words by Grant Clarke Lyrics by Walter Donaldson
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I’ve got a Bimbo down on the Bamboo Isle
She’s waiting there for me
Beneath a bamboo tree
Believe me, she’s got all the other Bimbo’s beat a mile
She dances daily, gayly
She’d be a hit with Barnum Bailey
I’ll build a bungaloo on the Bamboo Isle
‘Cause when I go again, I’ll stay awhile
I’ve seen wrecks, plenty of wrecks
Out on the stormy sea
But, by heck, you’ve never seen a wreck
Like the wreck she made of me
And, all she wore was a great big Zulu smile
My little Bimbo down on the Bamboo Isle
My Little Bimbo (extra chorus lines from 78rpm record by Frank Crummit)
(in 2nd chorus)
…she dances gayly, daily
OH SHE PLAYS A MEAN UKULELE.
I’ll build a bungaloo on the Bamboo Isle
’Cause when I go again I’ll stay awhile.
I CAN’T FORGET THE DAY WE MET
FOLKS WOULD YOU BELIEVE,
SHE HAD ON LESS, VERY MUCH LESS
THAN POOR OLD MOTHER EVE.
For all she wore was a great big Zulu smile
My little bimbo down on the Bamboo Isle.
(in 4th chorus)
’Cause when I go again I’ll stay awhile.
SOMEONE SAID “WHAT’S A BIMBO MEAN?’
WELL, YOU TAKE MY ADVICE.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT A BIMBO MEANS
BUT A BIMBO’S AWFUL NICE!
For all she wore was a great big Zulu smile
My little bimbo down on the Bamboo Isle