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Down In Jungle Town
Words by Edward Madden, Music by Theodore Morse 1908
Verse:
Gm - -            A7 D7         D
Gm - Bb         F9 Bb
Cm - - Gm
D           D9 D F -            F7
Chorus:
Bb C7 F7 Bb
- F7 - Bb
- C7 F7 D7
Bb - C7        F7 Bb       (G7)
Chorus:
C D7 G7 C
- G7 - C
- D7 G7 E7
C - D7        G7 C        (End)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Verse:
Down in Jungle Town, the moon shone down, without a frown;
Soon a shy baboon, came out to spoon, beneath the moon;
Monkey Doodle wagged his noodle, he was Jungle King, She felt flattered when he chattered, "You're a pretty thing,
Big bamboo room for two, So promise you'll be true."
 
Chorus:
Down in Jungle Town, A honeymoon is coming soon;
Then you'll hear a serenade, To a pretty monkey maid,
And in Monkey Land, The chimpanzees sing in the trees,
"She'll be true to Monkey-doodle-doo" Way down in Jungle Town.
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Listen to Sacramento Banjo Band play "Jungle Town" (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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