Zombie Jamboree

Words and Music by : Conrad Mauge

Recording #1 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: 1962
Playing time: 3:35
45: 47-9532
LP : LSP2574, PJL2-8121, 73905, 341990, 65198,
Tape: FTP-1154, P8S-1024
CD: 82876-62587-2,


Recording #2 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: August 23, 1963
Playing time: 16:45 (a real sing along with the audience)
LP: LSO6009, SP-33-275,
Tape: FTO-6004


Recording #3 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: June 1966
Playing time: 3:14
LP : LSP3658, FPL2-7100, CL42479,
Tape: TP3-5032
CD: B93001, ND90462, PD89796, 82876-69242-2

Recording #4 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: 1972
Playing time:
LP: VPSX-6077, SPS-33-572, 855482
 

Recording #5 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: 1974
Playing time:
LP : R4P-5054,
 

Also recorded by:
Noel Anthony Castle MAT CD244  
Kingston Trio    
The Merrymen MM1003, MM1037, MMCD1049, CCD0045,

 

Lyrics:

It was a Zombie Jamboree
Took place in a New York cemetery
It was a Zombie Jamboree
Took place in a New York cemetery

Zombies from all parts of the Island
Some of them was a great Calypsonians
Although the season was Carnival
We get together in bacchanal
And they singing

Back to back, belly to belly
I don’t give a damn, I done dead already
Oho back to back, belly to belly
At the Zombie Jamboree


One female Zombie wouldn’t behave
See how she jumping out of the grave
In one hand a quart of rum
In the other hand she knocking conga drum
The lead singer start to make his rhyme
The Zombies are racking their bones in time
One bystander had this to say
‘T was a pleasure to see the Zombies break away

Back to back, belly to belly
I don’t give a damn, I done dead already
Oho back to back, belly to belly
At the Zombie Jamboree

I goin’ talk to Miss Brigit Bardot
And tell her miss Bardot take it slow
All the men think they're Casanova
When they see that she’s barefoot all over
Even old men out in Topeka
Find their hearts getting weaker and weaker
So I goin’ to ask her for your sake and mine
At least to wear her earrings part of the time

Back to back, belly to belly
I don’t give a damn, I done dead already
Oho back to back, belly to belly
At the Zombie Jamboree

A lot of World leaders talkin’ ‘bout war
And I’m afraid they're going too far
So it’s up to us you and me
To put an end to Catastrophe
We must appeal to their goodness of heart
And ask them to pitch in and please do their part
Cause if this Atomic war begin
They won’t even have a pot to pitch in

Back to back, belly to belly
I don’t give a damn, I done dead already
Oho back to back, belly to belly
At the Zombie Jamboree