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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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Performer Links:

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Listen to Sacramento Banjo Band perform "Jungle Town" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com