A popular song from 1928
Words by Dorothy Fields
Music by Jimmy McHugh
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
There’s a spot I know
A place they call Samoa, by the sea
Talking there is not the mode
They palaver in a code
They command each other
Understand each other perfectly
Love and Mamas there are free
You don’t give ’em repartee
Wooing a tropical maiden
Doesn’t need topical talk
You manoeuvre and if you approve her
You can win her live in a walk
Chorus
Zulu man is feeling blue
Hear his heart beat a little tattoo
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo Doo
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo
You love me and I love you
And when you love it is natural to
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo Doo
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo
I’m so very Diga Diga Doo by nature
If you don’t say Diga Diga to your mate
You’re gonna lose a Poppa
So, let those funny people smile
How can there be a Virgin Isle with
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo Doo
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo
Chorus
Zulu man is feeling blue
Hear his heart beat a little tattoo
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo Doo
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo
You love me and I love you
And when you love it is natural to
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo Doo
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo
I’m so very Diga Diga Doo by nature
If you don’t say Diga Diga to your mate
You’re gonna lose a Poppa
So, no-one heed the marriage laws
Yours is mine and mine is yours with
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo Doo
Diga Diga Doo, Diga Doo