Each morning the missionary advertises on the neon sign, It tells the native population that civilization is fine. And pre-educated savages holler from the bamboo tree That civilization is not for me to see. Chorus: Oh bongo bongo bongo, I don't wanna leave the Congo oh no, no, no, no, no, Bingle bangle bongle, I don't wanna leave jungle, I refuse to go. I don't want landlords, junkyard, cocktails, caviar, I'll make it clear that no matter how they coax me, I'll stay right here. I looked through a magazine a missionary's wife concealed. I see how people who are civilized bang you with automobile. When they have two weeks' vacation, they hurry to vacation grounds, They swim and they fish, but that's what I do all year round. Chorus: Oh bongo bongo bongo, I don't wanna leave the Congo oh no, no, no, no, no, Bingle bangle bongle, I don't wanna leave jungle, I refuse to go. I don't want landlords, junkyard, cocktails, caviar, I'll make it clear that no matter how they coax me, I'll stay right here. They have things like the atom bomb, So I think I'll stay here where I am, Civilization, I'll stay here.