I'm refreshing this thread to see if there is any more information about this song as well as the song "I Don't Want To Leave The Congo" which is mentioned in John Hindsill - PM
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 11:37 oost and Little Robyn's 11 Jun 04 - 06:15 PM post?

Also, in his 18 Jun 04 - 01:18 AM, Jim Dixon wrote that "I found several versions of this on the Internet. I get the impression that they were all transcribed from audio by people who didn't know any Italian. Maybe the "Italian" parts are nonsense anyway"

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That Congo song that was recorded around that same time as the coupled with the Chibaba song suggests some interest in Africa in a "Tarzan of the jungle/ungawa" way at least. I'm wondering if the refrain "nonesenical" words in that Chibaba song are pseudo-African language words. I recognize the Italian word "bambino" but "chi-wawa", "chibaba" and kook-a la goombah" "sound" like fake African language words or sounds to me.

Also, does anyone have any opinion about my 30 Jun 08 - 05:46 PM post to this thread and :goomba" as an insulting referent for Italian Americans?

If that information is accurate, did that slur predate this 1947 song or was it based on this song?