The Bombay Bombashay 1920 Romberg

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 Sep 2008
2008

I met an Oriental gent,
a crystal gazer
from the dreamy Orient,
and when his magic crystal he displayed,
placed it by my side,
I was mystified,
I took a look,
and I saw a wonderful picture inside of it,
I saw a thousand miles away,
the place called Bombay,
on a Hindoo Holiday,
They had an Oriental jazz band there
playing melodies,
freaky harmonies, I'll swear,
down there,
they had this syncopated craze.
the natives took our dancing ways:

They

Danced there,
did a dance there,
called the Bombay Bombashay,
what a shakey
what a snakey
a sort of syncopated glide
with Hindoo flavour on the side,
and then from ev'ry tomtom
came a noise like cabaret,
Oh you should have seen them twist and sway,
and they even threw their snakes
and veils away,
Ev'ry Hindoo, surely "kindoo"
That Bombay Bombashay.

They

Danced there,
did a dance there,
called the Bombay Bombashay,
what a shakey
what a snakey
a sort of syncopated glide
with Hindoo flavour on the side,
and then from ev'ry tomtom
came a noise like cabaret,
Oh you should have seen them twist and sway,
and they even threw their snakes
and veils away,
Ev'ry Hindoo, surely "kindoo"
That Bombay Bombashay.

I met an Oriental gent,
a crystal gazer
from the dreamy Orient,
and when his magic crystal he displayed,
placed it by my side,
I was mystified,
I took a look,
and I saw a wonderful picture inside of it,
I saw a thousand miles away,
the place called Bombay,
on a Hindoo Holiday,
They had an Oriental jazz band there
playing melodies,
freaky harmonies, I'll swear,
down there,
they had this syncopated craze.
the natives took our dancing ways:

They

Danced there,
did a dance there,
called the Bombay Bombashay,
what a shakey
what a snakey
a sort of syncopated glide
with Hindoo flavour on the side,
and then from ev'ry tomtom
came a noise like cabaret,
Oh you should have seen them twist and sway,
and they even threw their snakes
and veils away,
Ev'ry Hindoo, surely "kindoo"
That Bombay Bombashay.

They

Danced there,
did a dance there,
called the Bombay Bombashay,
what a shakey
what a snakey
a sort of syncopated glide
with Hindoo flavour on the side,
and then from ev'ry tomtom
came a noise like cabaret,
Oh you should have seen them twist and sway,
and they even threw their snakes
and veils away,
Ev'ry Hindoo, surely "kindoo"
That Bombay Bombashay.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Bombay Bombashay 1920 Romberg
Music by Sigmund Romberg & Ray Perkins
Lyrics by Alex Gerber
© MCMXX by M.Witmark & Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 28 September 2008 at 15.43
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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