Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Doo (Jimmy Durante)

Subject: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Dink (Durante)
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 07:32 PM

Does anyone have the complete lyrics to Jimmy Durante's theme song, Inka Dinka Dink ? SOL ZELLER

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Dink (Durante)
From: Don Firth
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 08:03 PM

I don't know if this will help or not. I can't find the words to Durante's "Inka Dinka Do," but if you have RealPlayer, you can hear him singing it HERE. Just scroll down and click on the link.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Dink (Durante)
From: open mike
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 08:04 PM

ahh cha cha cha cha!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Dink (Durante)
From: GUEST,Cranky Yankee
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 08:13 PM

Once upon a time they played that "FO-LO-DEE-OH-DO"
But that was long ago..
Then they started singin' that "BOO-BOOP-EE=DO"
But they got tired of that, you know.
Now here's a little tune that's goin' 'round,
You can hear it all over town,

   They're singin':


Ink, a dink a dink,
A dink a dink
A dink a doo,
Oh what a tune for croonin.,
Ink a dink a dink
A dink a dink
A dink a doo,
It's got the whole world swoonion'
Eskimo belles up in Iceland
Have got themsselves a real paradise land
Singin'
Ink a dink a dink
A dink a dink
A dink a doo
Ink a dink a dink,
s dink a doo.

Get a record opr a tape, you can't do this sort of thing justice on a writt4en page,

He did it in both "Joe Palooka" movies where he played "knobby Walsh",. Joe Palooka's manager.

Jody

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Dink (Durante)
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 21 Oct 04 - 11:42 PM

Thank you Don & Jody. It brings back old memories of 52 + years ago when I last heard it at age 10.
"And good night Mrs. Calabash wherever you are."

                                              SOL ZELLER

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Dink (Durante)
From: open mike
Date: 22 Oct 04 - 03:44 AM

i remember shortly before Jimmy Durante died my mom encouraged me to pay attention to him (made me watch him on t.v.) saying he was very well known and i shoud one day be able to say i saw him when he was alive....
well.....i did. i think it was on Ed Sullivan show...what a schnoz!
he was a Vaudeville character, owner of speakeasy and more see here:
http://www.hollywoodlegends.com/jimmy-durante.html

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Dink (Durante)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 23 Oct 04 - 12:52 PM

Here's the catalog entry from The Indiana University Sheet Music Collections:

Title: INKA DINKA DOO
Composer: Durante, Jimmy
Lyricist: Ryan, Ben
Performer: Jimmy "Schnozzle" Durante
Publisher: Irving Berlin, Inc.
Place of publication: New York
Date of publication: 1933
Call Number: M1 .D48 Box: 032 Item: 055
Performance Medium: Piano, Voice and Chords
Larger Work: Joe Palooka
First Line: What is that haunting refrain you hear in the air?
Chorus First Line: Inka dinka doo, a dinka dee, a dinka doo.
Genre: Popular song

I would bet that the first set of nonsense words in the verse are an allusion to an older song, CRAZY WORDS, CRAZY TUNE, from 1927, which contains the words "Vo-do-de-o," etc.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Dink (Durante)
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 23 Oct 04 - 11:50 PM

Verse:
What is that haunting refrain that you hear in the air?
Here and there, ev'ry where,
It's just a beautiful strain that keeps taunting my brain constantly,
It's my melody it's my symphony.
 
Chorus:
InkA DinkDoo, A dinka dee, A dinka doo.
Oh, what a tune for crooning
InkA DinkDoo, A dink a dee, A dinka doo, It's got the whole world spooning.
Eskimo bells up in Iceland, Are ringing,
They've made their own Paradise Land, Singing
InkA DinkDoo, A dinka dee, A dinka doo,
Simply means InkA dinkA dee A dinka doo.

Jim Bottorff's Banjo Page also has a MIDI and lovely chords HERE. .
Regards, John

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Dink (Durante)
From: Flash Company
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 11:02 AM

JD Inka dink a dink a dinka dink a dinka doo
(Let me hear dat choir)
Choir sings:- Oh what a tune for crooning,
JD Inka dink a dink a dink a dink a dink a doo
(Let me hear dat band)
Band plays:- Its got the whole world swooning,
JD (Now let me hear dat trumpet)-- Piccolo plays
JD (Dats not a trumpet)-- Clarinet plays
JD (Dats not a trumpet)-- Very loud tail-gate trombone plays
JD (DATS A TRUMPET)
Inka dink a dink a dink a dink a dink a dooooooooo
(Dat note was given to me by Bing Crosby! And was he glad to get rid of it!)
Choir out over JD laughter:- Simply means ink a dink a dink a dink a doo!

Great stuff! For an encore how about Umbriago?

FC

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Dink (Durante)
From: Stephen L. Rich
Date: 30 Jan 08 - 01:39 AM

The song was also part of one of Johny Carson's odder Karnak jokes.

Answer: Inka Dinka Do

Question: What do you look for when you're tracking an Inka Dinka?


Stephen Lee

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Dink (Durante)
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Oct 10 - 09:17 AM

I was reading Jimmy's wikipedia page, but they don't mention anything about the weekly variety show he used to do every week back in the late '60s. I think the actual title was something like Jimmy Durante and the Lennon Sisters. Anyway I remember watching that show when I was a kid. It was pretty good.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Doo (Jimmy Durante)
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Nov 19 - 03:43 PM

All these years, I thought it was
Inka Dinka Dee,
Ka Dinka Doo,
Ka Dinka Dee.

Subject: Lyr Add: INKA DINKA DOO (Jimmy Durante)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 14 Nov 19 - 10:25 PM

INKA DINKA DOO
(Ryan - Durante)
As recorded by Jimmy Durante, 1933. (Columbia 36732 – Click to play.)

[Spoken words are in parentheses. The rest are sung. There are no accompanying voices; it is all Jimmy.]

(Folks, ain’t that beautiful? My symphony! A masterpiece!
I can hear you sayin’—)

What is that haunting refrain that I hear in the air,
Here and there,
Ev'rywhere?
It’s just a beautiful strain that keeps hauntin’ my brain constantly.
It’s my melody.
It’s my symphony.

Ink—a dink a doo—a dink a dee—a dink a doo.
Oh, what a tune (What a tune!) for croonin’!
Ink—a dink a doo—a dink a dee—a dink a doo.
It’s got the whole world spoonin’.
Eskimo bells up in Iceland
Are ringin’.
They’ve made their own paradise land
Singin’—
Ink—a dink a doo—a dink a dee—a dink a doo.
Simply means ink—a dink a dee—a dink a doo.

(Listen to that melody! Listen to that melody! Why, it would add class to any concert.
You know, I resent them playin’ my symphony in jazz. I resent it!
But they’re payin’ me for this, so I'm helpless, really helpless.
But if that’s what the world wants, I'm your slave. So here it is—)

Ink—a dink a doo—a dink a dee—a dink a doo.
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-boo! (Just a-croonin’! Just a-croonin’!)
Ink—a dink a doo—a dink a dee—a dink a doo.
[whistles]
(Ha-ha-ha-ha! There’s a little bit o’ Bing Crosby in me! Ha-ha-ha-ha!)
Eskimo bells up in Iceland are ringin’.
(Come on, Jimmy! Here comes the finish! Pep it up! Hit it!)
Ink—a dink a doo—a dink a dee—a dink a doo.
(What a voice! What a voice!)
Simply means ink—a dink a dee—a dink a doo.
(Goodnight, folks! Signin’ off!)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Inka Dinka Doo (Jimmy Durante)
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Nov 19 - 12:50 PM

When I turned on the car radio one evening, I heard
a station that plays what they call "oldies",
and they were playing a recording
of a Jimmy Durante performance of Inka Dinka Doo.

Different performance, though, from the above
transcribed by Jim Dixon.

This one included Jimmy Durante's rant
about women washing their stockings
and where they hang them up to dry,
for some reason.