WHERE THE BAMBOO BABIES GROW
© 1922
Lyrics: Lew Brown; Music: Walter Donaldson
Sheet Music: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., New York
Recordings:
CD:
Sailor Bill McCann
Was a handsome sailor man
Who took a trip
On a ship
Down to the Bamboo Islands
He got back today
Feeling kind of gay
When I asked him why
Here's all he had to say
Fol-de-rol-dol fol-de-rol-dol fol-de-rol-dol dee
Next time I go to sea
Come on along with me:
Sailor Bill McCann
Said 'Boys, I've got a plan
To be a king
'N'ev'rything
Down on the Bamboo Islands
I'll be king all right
'Cause they crowned me one night
Talk about your queens
There's more than Heinz has beans
Fol-de-rol-dol fol-de-rol-dol fol-de-rol-dol dee
I'm nutty as can be
The squ'r'ls are after me
CHORUS:
Gee! but it's grand in the land where the bamboo babies grow
Oh! what a sight ev'ry night when the balmy breezes blow
They wear a dress that is less than a dress of calico
Some shake east, some shake west
You'll shake your hat and your coat and your vest
Each little peach on the beach has a dance that makes you fall
Even Eva Tanguay'd have to give 'em gangway
That ain't all
If you're feelin' silly daffy dilly
And your pulse is slow
Go find a hut and go right off your nut
Where the bamboo babies grow
Gee! but it's grand in the land where the bamboo babies grow
Oh! what a sight ev'ry night when the balmy breezes blow
They can improve on the moves of the dances that you know
Some are thin, some are fat
Some shake this when they can't shake that
There on the sand ev'ry night hand in hand they dance and sing
If you've got a quarter you can buy the daughter
Of the king
If you're feelin' loco in your coco
Pack your grip and go
Get a wife for a spoon and two for a broom
Where the bamboo babies grow
Mahalo to Cindy P. for the sheet music. She also notes that the sailor looks like Frank Sinatra. He does.
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