(correct) Stranded In The Jungle Lyrics - Singles - The Cadets

Title: Stranded In The Jungle 3:04 

Artist: The Cadets 

Author: Ernestine Smith, James Johnson 

Recorded or Pop Chart: Pop Chart #15 July 14, 1956 

Label: Modern #994 

Original version recorded by 'The Jawhawks' w/ James Johnson on Flash Records 

Aaron Collins, Ted Taylor, William 'Dub Jones, Willie Davis and Lloyd McCraw 

(The Cadets also recorded as 'The Jacks' on RPM) 

Transcriber: [email protected] 

Lead - Dub Jones 

Duet backing - Willie Davis and Aaron Collins 

High tenor - Prentice Moreland (substitute for Ted Taylor) 

I crashed into the jungle while trying to keep a date 

With my little girl who was-a back in the States 

I was stranded in the jungle afraid alone 

Trying to figure a way to get a message back home 

But how was I to know that the wreckage of my plane 

Had been picked up and spotted, and my girl in Lover's Lane? 

And meanwhile, back in the States 

Chorus: 

Baby, baby, let's make romance 

You know, your old-time lover hasn't got a chance 

He's stranded in the jungle, as mad as he can be 

So, come on pretty baby, just you and me 

An' meanwhile, back in the jungle 

The boys in the jungle had me on the run 

When somethin' heavy hit me like an atomic bomb 

When I woke up and my head started to clear 

I had a strange feeling I was with cooking gear 

I smelled something cooking and I looked to see 

That's when I found out they was-a cooking me! 

Great goo-ga-moo-ga! Lemme outta here! 

An' meanwhile, back in the States 

Baby, baby, let's make romance 

You know your old-time lover hasn't got a chance 

He's stranded in the jungle, as mad as he can be 

So come on pretty baby, just you and me 

An' meanwhile, back in the jungle 

I jumped out the pot and I finally got away 

Frantic and worried about what my baby would say 

So I jumped in the ocean and started to swim 

But my chance of survival was getting mighty slim 

So I thumbed down a whale who was headin' my way 

And I reached the States in about half a day 

And when I got to Lover's Lane I was almost dead 

But my soul was gone and here's what I said 

Chorus: 

Baby, baby, the man is no good 

Oh baby baby, you should have understood 

You can trust me as long as you please 

So come back pretty baby where you used to be 

'Cause I love you 

FADES 

'Cause I love you 

'Cause I love you 

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