My Little Bimbo 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 05 Feb 2006
2006

Sailor Bill McCoy
was a daring sailor boy,
his ship got wrecked awhile,
on a Feejeeeejee Isle.
He led a savage life,
and hunted with a knife,
he said: "I'll tell you about it
don't tell my wife."

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 the other bimbos beat a mile
she dances gayly, daily,
she'd be a hit with Barnum Bailey.
I'll build a bungalow on the Bamboo Isle
'cause when I go again
I'll stay awhile.
I've seen wrecks,
plenty of wrecks
and on the stormy sea
but by heck there never was a wreck
like the wreck she's made of me.
For all she wore
was a great big Zulu smile.
My little bimbo down on the Bamboo Isle.

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 the other bimbos beat a mile
she dances gayly, daily,
she'd be a hit with Barnum Bailey.
I'll build a bungalow on the Bamboo Isle
'cause when I go again
I'll stay awhile.
I've seen wrecks,
plenty of wrecks
and on the stormy sea
but by heck there never was a wreck
like the wreck she's made of me.
For all she wore
was a great big Zulu smile.
My little bimbo down on the Bamboo Isle.

William's boss said: "Bill,
a captain's job you'll fill,
upon a ship bound North,
today it's sailing forth.
A captain's job is fine,"
but Bill said: "I decline,
I'll take half pay as a sailor
on that ship of mine."

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 the other bimbos beat a mile
she dances gayly, daily,
she'd be a hit with Barnum Bailey.
I'll build a bungalow on the Bamboo Isle
'cause when I go again
I'll stay awhile.
I've seen wrecks,
plenty of wrecks
and on the stormy sea
but by heck there never was a wreck
like the wreck she's made of me.
For all she wore
was a great big Zulu smile.
My little bimbo down on the Bamboo Isle.

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 the other bimbos beat a mile
she dances gayly, daily,
she'd be a hit with Barnum Bailey.
I'll build a bungalow on the Bamboo Isle
'cause when I go again
I'll stay awhile.
I've seen wrecks,
plenty of wrecks
and on the stormy sea
but by heck there never was a wreck
like the wreck she's made of me.
For all she wore
was a great big Zulu smile.
My little bimbo down on the Bamboo Isle.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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My Little Bimbo 1920
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Grank Clarke
© 1920 by Irving Berlin Inc. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 05 February 2006 at 13.13
in association with Doug Grierson
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