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mafreeh Origins: King of the Cannibal Islands (67* d) Lyr Add: UNDER THE BAMBOO TREE and A CANNIBAL MAID 27 Jul 98


It would be nice if you had a little more to go on but what I could mentioning cannibals were these:

We actually sing the first one every now and then. I think it was popular on College Campuses in the 40's, 50's.


UNDER THE BAMBOO TREE
aka THE CANNIBAL KING

Oh, the cannibal king
With the big nose ring
Fell in love with a dusky maid
And every night in the pale moon light
Across the bay he sail
He hugged and kiss his pretty little miss
Under the bamboo tree
And every night
Under the pale moonlight
Sounded like this to me...
Bah ump, bah ump boom du di oddy eh
Bah ump, bah ump boom du di oddy eh

Oh, the cannibal king
With the big nose ring
Bought a ring for his dusky maid
And then that night
By the pale moonlight
Across the bay he sailed
He placed the band upon her hand
And promised he'd be true
And then that night
In the pale moonlight
They sat and pitched the woo

Oh, the cannibal king
Went out on a fling
Without his dusky maid
And then that night
By the pale moonlight
Across the bay she sailed
In her hand she carried a gun
The bullets made of lead
And then that night
By the pale moonlight
She went and shot him dead

Bah ump bang, bang bah ump bang bang
Bomm du di oddy eh
Bah ump, bang, bang bah ump bang, bang
Boom du di oddy eh

We'll build a bungalow
Big enough for two
Big enough for two my darling
Big enough for two
And when we marry
Happy we'll be
Under the bamboo tree.

If you be M-I-N-E mine
I'll be T-H-I-N-E thine
And I'll L-O-V-E love you
All the T-I-M-E time

You are the B-E-S-T best
Of all the R-E-S-T rest
And I'll L-O-V-E love you
All the T-I-M-E time

Just like a L-A-R-K lark
Out in the P-A-R-K park
I will K-I-S-S kiss you
In the D-A-R-K dark

You are the B-E-S-T best
Of all the R-E-S-T rest
And I'll L-O-V-E love you
All the T-I-M-E time.


A CANNIBAL MAID AND HER HOTTENTOT BLADE

A cannibal maid and her Hottentot blade
They met in a rocky defile
And a gay eagle plume was his only costume
While she was dressed in a smile

Together they strolled as his passions he told
In thrilling and tremulous mein
She had murmured the word, when a war whoop was heard
And a rival burst out on the scene

"Twas a savage Zulu to the trysting place drew
Demanding his cannibal bride
But the Hottentot said, with a toss of his head
"I'll have your degenerate hide"

So the Hottentot flew at the savage Zulu
And the Zulu he flew at the blade
Together they vied with their strength and their pride
As they fought for the cannibal maid

She perched on a stone with her shapely shinbone
Clasped in her long twining arms
And watched the blood fly with a love laden eye
As the warriors fought for her charms

Oh,the purple blood flows from the Hottentot's nose
And the Zulu is struck by the blade
As together they vied with their strength and their pride
And they died for the cannibal maid

She made a fine stew of the savage Zulu
And she scrambled the Hottentot's brains
Twas a dainty menu when the cooking was through
And she dined from her lover's remains

Oh, the savage Zulu and the Hottentot, too,
Are asleep in a cannibal tomb
The three were made one--my story is done
And the maiden walked off in the gloom.


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