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Mama Had A Bongo

from Slugger by Dave Keener

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Papa was NYPD
And in the Emerald Society
He had a banjo on his knee
Playing jigs and reels relentlessly

Mama was from the island sun
She was a converted nun
But she liked having too much fun
And playing on the bongos all night long

Mama got a bongo, Papa got a banjo
All night long it's banjo bongo, bongo, banjo, bongo all night long

And papa go
And mama go
And papa go
And mama go
All night long

I won't discuss personal affairs
But when we sat in our dinner chairs
I was not done with my can of pears
And mom and pop are half a way up the stairs

Mama oiled her bongo skin
Papa plucked and plucked again
Then he stop to get his wind
So Mama play a solo at the end

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I ask teacher after class
If they could play at Sunday Mass
She said that they could not alas
Cause Mama ate meat on Friday last

I was ignorant all throughout
Now I know what it’s all about
Why Daddy put down his pint our stout
Whenever mama took those bongos out

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from Slugger, released July 21, 2013

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