Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_down-in-jungle-town_edward-madden-theodore-morse-cliff-steward-and-the-san-francisc_gbia0000826a
https://archive.org/details/78_down-in-jungle-town_spike-jones-and-his-city-slickers-e-madden-t-morse-paul-judso_gbia0029602a
Publication Date
1908
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Down in Jungle Town,
the moon shone down without a frown;
Soon a shy baboon came out to spoon beneath the moon;
Monkey Doodle wagged his noodle,he was Jungle King,
She felt flattered when he chattered,
“You’re a pretty thing
Big bamboo room for two
So promise you’ll be true!”
[Chorus]
Down in Jungle Town,
A honeymoon is coming soon;
Then you’ll hear a serenade
To a pretty monkey maid,
And in Monkey Land,
The chimpanzees sing in the trees
“She’ll be true to Monkey-doodle-doo”
Way down in Jungle Town.
[Verse 2]
Soon he came to spoon, beneath the moon, with his baboon;
Tho’ another beau who loves her so won’t let her go; King got sore, then softly swore
“His tale of love I’ll cut”
First he bit him then he hit him with a cocoanut
Hear them sing “Hail the King!
He’s Jungle Town’s real thing.”
[Chorus]
Recommended Citation
Madden, Edward and Morse, Theodore, "Down in Jungle Town" (1908). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1358.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1358
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
MacIntosh Collection
New York (Broadway & 37th St., New York) : F.B. Haviland Publishing Company, c1908.
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