It was deep in the Jungles of Africa, Where the bugs is thick as fleas, And the heat will drive sane men crazy, And the water's full o' disease I went out walkin with a beautiful girl, Where the spotted honeysteppers fly, We lay down under the bamboo trees, I sang that Jungle Lullaby Singin, swingin, On a lazy afternoon in paradise Croonin, swoonin, That old time song, where the days are long, It's a Jungle Lullaby Well we made it down to a riverbank, Spied a steamboat comin along, Then we hitched a ride, lawd, lookin over the side, Everything was goin on wrong, There was bird-eatin spiders, big as my fist, Snakes that hung down like vines And eyes that watched as we drifted along , I sang that Jungle Lullaby Singin, swingin, On a lazy afternoon in paradise Croonin, swoonin, That old time song, where the days are long, It's a Jungle Lullaby Bom - bow - domp,.... Bomp - ow - domp - ay - ohh.. Lay - dat - omp Folks you know, when we got back into town that night, There was excitement in the air. I heard there was a party over at the Officers Club, so I took that girl on over, Man, we walked in the joint, orchestra playin so sweet I thought I'd die. I got up on that old bandstand, Sang that Jungle Lullaby, Singin, swingin, On a lazy afternoon in paradise Croonin, swoonin, That old time song, where the days are long, It's a Jungle Lullaby