My Little Bimbo

by South Shore Singers

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lyrics

My Little Bimbo
Down on the Bamboo Isle

words by Grant Clark
music by Walter Donaldson

Verse:
Sailor Bill McCoy was a daring sailor boy
His ship got wrecked a while, on a Fee-jee-ee-jee Isle
He led a savage life and hunted with a knife
He said, "I'll tell you all about it, don't tell my wife

Chorus:
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 Bimbo's beat a mile
She dances gayly, daily, she'd be a hit with Barnum and 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 out on the stormy sea
But by heck there never was a wreck like the wreck she made of me
For all she wore was a great big Zulu smile
My little Bimbo Down on the Bamboo Isle

Verse:
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'll decline
I'll Take half pay as a sailor on that ship of mine