Thursday, June 15, 2006

Um Bongo

Way down deep in the middle of the Congo,
a hippo took an apricot, a guava and a mango.
He stuck it with the others, and he danced a dainty tango.
The rhino said, "I know, we'll call it Um Bongo",
Um Bongo, Um Bongo, they drink it in the Congo.
The python picked the passion fruit, the marmoset the mandarin.
The parrot painted packets, that the whole caboodle landed in.

(Thanks to Nick F., my guide to 1980s English pop culture. Needless to say, it was all a shameless advertisement ploy – I’ve never seen this Um Bongo drink here or elsewhere!)


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