A popular song from 1909.
Words by Gene Greene.
Music by Charles Straight.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I just received a cable spatch
From my ancestral home
It tells me I’m the great Gazoo
Successor to the throne
My throne will be a Bungaloo
Away up in the trees
Where I’ll be ruling monarch over all
My slaves will be Gorillas Apes
Monks and Chimpanzees
Who will be ever ready at my call
CHORUS
I will be the King Gazoo
Ruling high in my Bungaloo
I’ll ride across the mighty Nile
On the royal Crocodile
When on the throne I take my stand
Then I’ll be a mighty man
I’ll be the Zuku Muku Grand
And King of the Bungaloos
2. My chariot will be of gold
With a Zebra for my steed
My Tandem will be Lions bold
Away up in the lead
The tree all paved with ivory
And precious sparkling stones
And ninety-seven wives to call my own
An elephant for porter, cause
He can pack a trunk
A Tiger for a foot stool on my throne