Lyrics
Hank Mizell (1958)
I was walking through the jungle just the other night
Well, I heard a big rumble and I thought it was a fight
We were lost and we listened and began to move my feet
It was a jungle drum doing a knocked-out beat
It was a jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A knocked out beat and I had to move my feet
It was a jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
Well, I moved a little closer just to get a better view
I saw a chimp and a monkey doing the Suzie Q
Well, a gator and a hippo was-a doing the bop
While a great big falcon was-a making me hop
It was a jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A knocked out beat and I had to move my feet
It was a jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
Oh, well the fox grabbed the rabbit and did the bunny hop
And all the fish stepped by and was cutting the rug
Well, a camel was a jitterbugging with a kangaroo
And the elephant was moving with a ring, dang, doo
It was a jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A knocked out beat and I had to move my feet
It was a jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
A jungle, jungle, jungle, jungle rock
The Fall (1997)
I was walking through the jungle just the other night
When I heard a big rumble and I thought it was a fight
I lost all volition and began to move my feet
It was a jungle drummer doing a knock down beat
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
A knock down beat and a chucked down set
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Well I moved a little closer just to get a better view
I saw a chimp and a monkey get in a taxi queue
A hippo Jurassic Park we'll do it on the hop
Well the big big bounce was making me hop
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
And a knock down beat with a hip hop on my feet
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
And the fox grabbed the rabbit and did the bunny hug
And all the beasts standing were cutting a rug
And the camel was talking to a special contributor
And the elephant and monkey did the ring dang do
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
Shot down beat and a hip hop on my feet
It was a jungle jungle jungle jungle rock
I was walking through the jungle just the other night
And the blues songs were pumping it white
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Footnotes
Sources / Links
- Smith, Mark E. with Austin Collings (2009). Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith. London: Penguin. (Originally published by Viking, 2008). [Available online in the Internet Archive]
- The Track Record: “Jungle Rock”
- Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide. London: Strata Books.