From the film “Let’s Do It Again”, 1953. Words by Ned Washington. Music by Lester Lee.
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In looking thru the latest
Books on anthropology
I notice certain tribes have
Much more fun than you or me
Refrain
I long for love, the jungle kind
The kind I’m getting now is too refined
I wanna go where they’re still untamed
Where people in love are not ashamed
I hear the call of the wild
I feel the beat of distant drums
I want the cake of love and not the crumbs
A primitive urge is urgin’ me
I wanna be kissed, but savagely
I hear the call of the wild
Tired of calf love, half and half love
I laugh, love, in your face
If that’s your best then I’m possessed
To quit the whole human race
My better self has lost it’s head
My heart’s a tiger, tigers must be fed
Oh, civilization, you’re passe
I want to make love the jungle way
I hear the call of the wild