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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Harry Belafonte
Performer
Orchestra
Performer
Howard Roberts
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Conrad Eugene Mauge, Jr.
Songwriter
Conrad Mauge
Composer
Freedman
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bill Eaton
Producer
Phil Ramone
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It was a zombie jamboree
Took place in a New York cemetery
It was a zombie jamboree
Took place in a New York cemetery
[Verse 2]
Zombies from all parts of the island
Some of them was a great Calypsonians
Although the season was Carnival
We get together in bacchanal
[Verse 3]
And they singing
Back to back, belly to belly
I don't give a damn, I done dead already
Whoa-oh, back to back, belly to belly
At the zombie jamboree
[Verse 4]
I hear you talking
Back to back, belly to belly
Don't give a damn, done dead already
Whoa-oh, back to back, belly to belly
At the zombie jamboree
[Verse 5]
One female zombie wouldn't behave
See how she jumping out of the grave
In one hand, a quart of rum
The other hand, she knocking conga drum
The lead singer start to make his rhyme
The zombies are rattling their bones in time
One bystander had this to say
"Was a pleasure to see the zombie break away"
[Verse 6]
And they singing
Back to back, belly to belly
Don't give a damn, done dead already
Whoa-oh, back to back, belly to belly
At the zombie jamboree
[Verse 7]
I going talk to Bridget Bardot
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 gon' ask her for your sake and mine
At least wear her earrings part of the time
[Verse 8]
And I'm singing
Back to back, belly to belly
Don't give a damn, done dead already
Whoa-oh, back to back, belly to belly
At the zombie jamboree
[Verse 9]
A lot of world leaders talking '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 part to pitch in
[Verse 10]
And we'll be singing
Back to back, belly to belly
Don't give a damn, done dead already
Whoa-oh, back to back, belly to belly
At the zombie jamboree
[Verse 11]
I hear you talking
Back to back, belly to belly
Don't give a damn, done dead already
Whoa-oh, back to back, belly to belly
At the zombie, zombie jamboree
Written by: Conrad Eugene Mauge, Jr., Conrad Mauge