Zulu Wail - 1927

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 22 Feb 2002

Hear the sound of the drum,
The Zulu men come,
They're beating that drum,
Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom,
Zulu Chief is forelorn,
His mama is gone
the Tribe has come to mourn for

Blue Zulu, just hear him wail,
His Zulu gal done him wrong.
Blue Zulu, he's turning pale,
She took his TomTom along.
Wow! He's tearing his bushy hair,
Now he's bald,
but he just doesn't care.
Blue Zulu, just hear him wail,
His Zulu gal done him wrong.

Blue Zulu, just hear him wail,
His Zulu gal gave him air.
Blue Zulu, some lonely male,
That Zulu gal was a bear.
He thought he was her only man,
She was true to the whole Zulu band.
Blue Zulu, just hear him wail,
His Zulu gal done him wrong.

In a horrible tone,
The cannibals moan,
How awful they groan,
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
In a circle they whirl,
Their warclubs they twirl;
Their chief has lost his girl, Oh!

Blue Zulu, just hear him wail,
His Zulu gal done him wrong.
Blue Zulu, he's turning pale,
She took his TomTom along.
Wow! He's tearing his bushy hair,
Now he's bald,
but he just doesn't care.
Blue Zulu, just hear him wail,
His Zulu gal done him wrong.

Blue Zulu, just hear him wail,
His Zulu gal gave him air.
Blue Zulu, some lonely male,
That Zulu gal was a bear.
He thought he was her only man,
She was true to the whole Zulu band.
Blue Zulu, just hear him wail,
His Zulu gal done him wrong.

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Zulu Wail 1927
by Irving Bibo and Frank Skinner
copyright 1927 by Bibo, Bloedon and Lang, New York
The Lawrence Wright Music Co., London
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 22 February 2002 at 12.05
in association with Doug Grierson
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The 'Zulu Wail' Yale Blues Music
of which I have the original score contains a
full description of 'The Yale' as
demonstrated by Monsieur Pierre and
Miss Meredith Owen. I set this piece on the fast side
as the suggested tempo was so dirge like
that I would have gone mad fairly quickly after only a few bars.
As for the dance instructions; they read like
a gynaecologist's nightmare and I will
be leaving them strictly alone! JP-P :)
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The words are very politically incorrect
but OK for their day and I apologise if anyone feels
offended.