JUNGLE FEVER

from 1934 film "Operator 13" sung by The Mills Brothers
(Walter Donaldson (m) Howard Dietz (l) 1934)

as recorded by 
The Mills Brothers
February 24th 1934


Ever see the Congo when it's gleamin' in the night?
Ever see the jungle with the animals in fright?
Put me in the Congo and the jungle and I'm right!

Dusky maiden, dark-haired siren,
Congo sweetheart, I'm comin' back to you.
Wild eyed woman, native dream girl,
Jungle fever is in my blood for you!

Ever hear a kettle drum
A-poundin' out a beat?
Ever fight the silence
And the madness and the heat?
That's the thrill I'm cravin'
And the music is so sweet!

Got that fever, jungle fever, oh!
The Congo's callin' and I long to go!

Dusky maiden, dark-haired siren,
Congo sweetheart, I'm comin' back to you.
Wild eyed woman, native dream girl,
Jungle fever is in my blood for you!

Put me in the Congo and the jungle and I'm right!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2016)