Where the jungle trees are tall

Grows a flower sweet to see

It's a purdy flower they call "Chincherinchee!"



There a boy sang all day long

To a maiden tenderly

And he called her in his song "Chincherinchee!"



While the tom toms played

He sang his serenade

In the moonlight:

"Sweet Chincherinchee, you're divine,

Sweet Chincherinchee say you're mine!

Say you'll be mine my whole life through!

Sweet Chincherinchee, I love you!"



Everyone will agree

She's as sweet as can be

She's so kissable and caress-able "Chincherinchee!"



Everybody can see

How exciting is she

She's embraceable, irreplaceable "Chincherinchee!"



While the tom toms played

He sang his serenade . . .







Every night they used to meet

By a tall banyan tree

Where he sang his heart to sweet "Chincherinchee!"



While the tom toms played

He sang his serenade

In the moonlight:

"Sweet Chincherinchee, you're divine,

Sweet Chincherinchee say you're mine!

Say you'll be mine my whole life through!

Sweet Chincherinchee, I love you!"



"Sweet Chincherinchee, you're divine,

Sweet Chincherinchee say you're mine!

Say you'll be mine my whole life through!

Sweet Chincherinchee, I love you!"



Words and Music by John Jerome, 1956