From the 1933 film “Palooka”.
Words by Ben Ryan.
Music by Jimmy Durante.
The sheet music:
Lyrics
What is that haunting refrain
That you hear in the air?
Here and there, ev’rywhere
It’s just a beautiful strain
That keeps taunting my brain constantly
It’s my melody, it’s my symphony
Chorus
Inka dinka doo, a dinka dee, a dinka doo
Oh, what a tune for crooning
Inka dinka doo, a dinka dee, a dinka doo
It’s got the whole world spooning
Eskimo bells up in Iceland are ringing
They’ve made their own Paradise Land singing
Inka dinka doo, a dinka dee, a dinka doo
Simply means Inka dinka dee, a dinka doo
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Sung here by Fred Feild: