Odd request? Lyrics for "Um-bongo" advert required.

[Kathryn Quinn]

Chris Hayes <Spa...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>This may (or may not!) seem an unusual request, but does anyone have, or
>remember, the lyrics for the Um-Bongo advert?
>
>I can remember some of it. If you can fill in the gaps, please let me
>know...

>Um-Bongo, Um-Bongo
> They drink it in the congo.

Here we go:
Way down deep,
in the middle of the Congo,
A hippo took an apricot,
a guava and a mango,
he stuck 'em all together and he danced a dainty tango
the rhino said "I know! we'll call it um bongo"
Um bongo um bongo,
they drink it in the congo

>The python picked the passion fruit,
>The marmoset, the mandarin,
>The parrot painted packets,
> That the whole caboodle landed in.
>
>So when it comes to sun and fun,
> And goodness in the jungle.
>They all prefer the sunny, funny one they call
> UM-BONGO!
>
>(Spamblock mode: for e-mail, replace "nospam" with (5 'r's) "larrrrrd")

--
Kathryn Quinn

[Dom]

In article <X97MnBAF...@larrrrrd.demon.co.uk>

Chris Hayes <Spa...@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:
>This may (or may not!) seem an unusual request, but does anyone have, or
>remember, the lyrics for the Um-Bongo advert?
>
>I can remember some of it. If you can fill in the gaps, please let me
>know...
>

>(And why do I need it? Well, I thought it would make a fun campfire
>song!)
>
>What I can remember:

>
>
>Um-Bongo, Um-Bongo
> They drink it in the congo.
>

>...

>
>The python picked the passion fruit,
>The marmoset, the mandarin,
>The parrot painted packets,
> That the whole caboodle landed in.
>
>So when it comes to sun and fun,
> And goodness in the jungle.
>They all prefer the sunny, funny one they call
> UM-BONGO!

That's all there is isn't there?

Dom

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[Chris Hayes]

This may (or may not!) seem an unusual request, but does anyone have, or
remember, the lyrics for the Um-Bongo advert?

I can remember some of it. If you can fill in the gaps, please let me
know...

(And why do I need it? Well, I thought it would make a fun campfire
song!)

What I can remember:

Um-Bongo, Um-Bongo
They drink it in the congo.

...

The python picked the passion fruit,
The marmoset, the mandarin,
The parrot painted packets,
That the whole caboodle landed in.

So when it comes to sun and fun,
And goodness in the jungle.
They all prefer the sunny, funny one they call
UM-BONGO!

(Spamblock mode: for e-mail, replace "nospam" with (5 'r's) "larrrrrd")
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[William HamBevan]

I think the first bit was:

Way down deep in the middle of the Congo
A hippo picked an apricot, a guava and a mango
He put it with the others and he danced a dainty tango
The rhino said "I know, we'll call it Um Bongo!"

: Um-Bongo, Um-Bongo

: They drink it in the congo.

: The python picked the passion fruit,

: The marmoset, the mandarin,
: The parrot painted packets,
: That the whole caboodle landed in.

: So when it comes to sun and fun,
: And goodness in the jungle.
: They all prefer the sunny, funny one they call
: UM-BONGO!

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And we're not saying that it will -==- William Ham Bevan
And we're not saying that it won't -==- Linguistics & Philology
Only that it might -==- University of Oxford

[Chris Hayes]

Whilst reminding you to replace "nospam" with (5 'r's) "larrrrrd" in my
e-mail spamblock, I would also like to point your attention towards what
Kathryn Quinn (Very little) said on Mon, 1 Sep 1997 in uk.media.tv.misc:

>
>Here we go:
>Way down deep,
>in the middle of the Congo,
>A hippo took an apricot,
>a guava and a mango,
>he stuck 'em all together and he danced a dainty tango
>the rhino said "I know! we'll call it um bongo"
>Um bongo um bongo,
>they drink it in the congo
>

>>The python picked the passion fruit,
>>The marmoset, the mandarin,
>>The parrot painted packets,
>> That the whole caboodle landed in.
>>
>>So when it comes to sun and fun,
>> And goodness in the jungle.
>>They all prefer the sunny, funny one they call
>> UM-BONGO!

That's great. Very quick response. Thanks a lot, K.

[Wayne Plummer]

> : Um-Bongo, Um-Bongo
> : They drink it in the congo.

Didn't the chorus finsih up with...

"...and if you drink too much of it,
then it will make you wongo(sp?)"?

I always used to wonder what the verb "to wongo" meant.

--
Wayne Plummer (PSE, R&D Dept, Insignia Solutions, High Wycombe)

[Dances With Yaks]

On Mon, 8 Sep 1997 07:26:56 GMT, Wayne Plummer
<Wayne....@isltd.insignia.com> wrote:
>> : Um-Bongo, Um-Bongo
>> : They drink it in the congo.
>
>Didn't the chorus finsih up with...
>
>"...and if you drink too much of it,
>then it will make you wongo(sp?)"?
>
>I always used to wonder what the verb "to wongo" meant.

Yeah, I remember that version being used at one time but I read it to
mean 'you will end up in a state that can only be described as wongo'
Perhaps this term is due for a revival. 'Fancy another pint?' 'No
thanks I'm already completely wongo.'

A few years ago, a girl at the local university charged people a quid
a time to put forward a suggestion and she changed her name by deed
poll to the first one out of the hat for charity. I put down the
entire lyrics of the Um-bongo song but I think Jabba the Hut won in
the end. Bah.

"I wouldn't say my ex-girlfriend's mother was fat...
because making comments about her physical appearance
would detract from the fact that she's a horrible,
conniving, evil old bitch." - Stewart Lee

[Colin Rosenthal]

On Wed, 10 Sep 1997 00:19:16 GMT,
Dances With Yaks <si...@dblzero.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>A few years ago, a girl at the local university charged people a quid
>a time to put forward a suggestion and she changed her name by deed
>poll to the first one out of the hat for charity. I put down the
>entire lyrics of the Um-bongo song but I think Jabba the Hut won in
>the end. Bah.

I seem to remember a girl at Cambridge auctioning her virginity for
Rag Week a few years ago. I don't think I ever read the outcome.

--
Colin Rosenthal
High Altitude Observatory
Boulder, Colorado
rose...@hao.ucar.edu

[Dom]

In article <5v6ha6$c54$3...@ncar.ucar.edu>
rose...@asp.hao.ucar.edu (Colin Rosenthal) writes:

>>A few years ago, a girl at the local university charged people a quid
>>a time to put forward a suggestion and she changed her name by deed
>>poll to the first one out of the hat for charity. I put down the
>>entire lyrics of the Um-bongo song but I think Jabba the Hut won in
>>the end. Bah.
>
>I seem to remember a girl at Cambridge auctioning her virginity for
>Rag Week a few years ago. I don't think I ever read the outcome.

The outcome was that she made an appointment with the clap clinic, and
the indicator turned blue.

[Ruth Hine]

> >I seem to remember a girl at Cambridge auctioning her virginity for
> >Rag Week a few years ago. I don't think I ever read the outcome.
>

I think she was done for fraud:-)

Ruth