Sheet Music, 1910-1919
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0312
Description
Cover: caricature of an African male clothed as a fusion of European servant and Zulu warrior; Publisher: Chas K. Harris (New York)
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
Original Format
scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
Taken from the Isle of Zinga Loo, Captured by a mercenary crew, Sold into a circus where they work us and they work us, It's a sad sad tale but true.
Refrain
Zinga Zula, I'm the Zinga Zula man, Howling, prowling, growling, I'm creeping while you're sleeping, If you hear me, fear me, I'm the wildest of the clan, I'll greet you, then eat you, The savage little Zinga Zula man. Zinga Zula, I'm the Zinga Zula man, Howling, prowling, growling, I'm creeping while you're sleeping, If you hear me, fear me, I'm the wildest of the clan, I'll greet you, then eat you, The savage little Zinga Zula man.
Second verse
Lots of people look at me and say, Why has he that wild and savage way? But they know on learning that I met my wife returning, From the country yesterday.
(Refrain)
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