WEST OF ZANZIBAR (JAMBO)
From the film "West Of Zanzibar" (1954)
(Alan Rawsthorne / Jack Fishman)

Anthony Steele & The Radio Revellers - 1954


Jambo, happy meeting you
Jambo, that's how do you do
Jambo is the greeting you
Will get just west of Zanzibar

Jambo, when you say hello
Jambo, also when you go
Jambo, wish you needn't though
They say just west of Zanzibar

To see you will always be a pleasure
A lovely treasure for my memory
To leave you will always be a sorrow
Let's hope tomorrow will bring you to me

Jambo, happy meeting you
Jambo, that's how do you do
Jambo is the greeting you
Will get just west of Zanzibar

Jambo, when you say hello
Jambo, also when you go
Jambo, wish you needn't though
They say just west of Zanzibar

To find you is all I ever asked for
Sweet friendship lasts for the rest of my days
I'll be true, and you will always know it
I'll always show it in so many ways

Jambo, happy meeting you
Jambo, that's how do you do
Jambo is the greeting you
Will get just west of Zanzibar

Jambo, when you say hello
Jambo, also when you go
Jambo, wish you needn't though
They say just west of Zanzibar

You just say Jambo west of Zanzibar


(Contributed/Transcribed by Bill Huntley - February 2005)