Original Sheet Music

6-Bar Intro

Verse 1

DOWN IN THE JUN-GLES LIVED A MAID
OF ROY-AL BLOOD THOUGH DUS-KY SHADE,
A MARKED IM-PRES-SION ONCE SHE MADE
UP-ON A ZU-LU FROM MA-TA-BOO-LOO,
AND EV-'RY MORN-ING HE WOULD BE
DOWN UN-DER-NEATH A BAM-BOO TREE,
A-WAIT-ING THERE, HIS LOVE TO SEE
AND THEN TO HER HE'D SING:

Verse 2

AND IN THIS SIM-PLE JUN-GLE WAY,
HE WOOED THE MAIN-EN EV'-RY DAY,
BY SING-ING WHAT HE HAD TO SAY;
ONE DAY HE SEIZED HER AND GEN-TLY SQUEEZED HER,
AND THEN BE-NEATH THE BAM-BOO GREEN,
HE BEGGED HER TO BE-COME HIS QUEEN,
THE DUS-KY MAID-EN BLUSHED UN-SEEN,
AND JOINED HIM IN HIS SONG;

Verse 3

THIS LIT-TLE STO-RY STRANGE BUT TRUE,
IS OF-TEN TOLD IN MA-TA0-BOO,
OF HOW THIS ZU-LU TRIED TO WOO
HIS JUN-GLE LA-DY IN TROPICS SHA-DY,\
AL-THOUGH THE SCENE WAS MILES A-WAY,
RIGHT HERE AT HOME I DARE TO SAY,
YOU'LL HEAR SOME ZU-LU EV'-RY DAY,
GUSH OUT THIS SOFT RE-FRAIN.

Chorus

IF YOU LAK-A-ME, LAK I LAK-A-YOU,
AND WE LAK-A BOTH THE SAME,
I LAK-A SAY, THIS VE-RY DAY,
I LAK-A CHANGE YOUR NAME.
'CAUSE I LOVE-A-YOU AND LOVE-A-YOU TRUE,
AND IF YOU-A LOVE-A ME,
ONE LIVE AS TWO, TWO LIVE AS ONE
UN-DER THE BAM-BOO TREE.