Lyrics below are from the sheet music at Baylor University. You can hear a recording made by Silas Leachman at The Internet Archive.


MY LITTLE ZULU BABE
Words by W. S. Estren; music by Jas. T. Brymn; ©1900.
"Originally introduced and featured by Williams & Walker."

1. Down in sunny Africa,
'Mong the jungle and the burr
There lives a Zulu gal close by the Nile.
And I've named her Sadie Lee,
'Cause she's goin' to marry me,
And the wedding will be in the Zulu syle.
Now the kings and queens will celebrate this ostentatious fete,
'Twill be the grandest meet
Of Africa's elite;
There'll be no gorgeous costumes, but the leaves worn will be fine
The day I make this little Zulu mine.

CHORUS: She is my little Zulu baby,
A perfect lady.
Although she's shady,
Fresh from the jungle is my Sadie.
A full-fledged foreign gal is she,
My little Zulu babe.

2. She's the Princess Talmajoes,
Sports the royal blood, you knows,
And when I marry her, I'll be the king,
Then you'll hear the people say:
"Been a ruler made today,"
And in Africa I'll be the only thing.
Then when I sit upon the throne up in a coconut tree,
'Twill be a sight to see
My babe make love to me.
I know there'll be an awful time down in that Zulu land
The day my babe and I will take command.