For your lisitening pleasure. The House of Bamboo.

[mrbones]

Sing along everybody!

Number fifty-four,
The house with the bamboo door,
Bamboo roof and bamboo walls,
They've even got a bamboo floor!

You must get to know Soho Joe,
He runs an Expresso,
Called the House of Bamboo.

It's-a made of sticks.
Sticks and bricks,
But you can get your kicks
In the house of bamboo.

In this casino, you can drink a 'chino,
And it's gotcha swingin' to the cha cha
Dance the bolero in a sombrero.
Shake like a snake!

You wanna drop in when the cats are hoppin'.
Let your two feet move-a to the big beat;
Pick yourself a kitten and listen to a platter
That rocks the jukebox!

I'm-a telling you, when you're blue,
Well there's a lot to do
In the House Of Bamboo.

[Keeter]

Bet this song was #1 at your prom.  Woo Hoo

[mrbones]

It's from 1960. Here's the chords if you want to play it on your favorite instrument.


A       G     A
Number fifty-four,

    A               G Em7  A
The house with the bamboo door,

A       G   Em7  A       G     
Bamboo roof and bamboo walls,

Em7     A          G  Em7  A
They've even got a bamboo floor!


         Em7     A  G/B  A7  D6  Dalt Gdim  D
You must get to know        Soho Joe,

           Em7    A  G/B  A7
He runs an Expresso,

           D         C  D
Called the House of Bamboo.


       Em7       A    G/B  A7
It's-a made of sticks.

 D6        Dalt    Gdim  D
Sticks and bricks,

            Em7       A    G/B  A7
But you can get your kicks

        D        C  D
In the house of bamboo.


    A7  Em7  G/B  A7  Em7     A7      Em7 A7
In this ca - si - no, you can drink a chi no,

D   A7   G  D   Bm7      A7     G    D
And it's gotcha swingin' to the cha cha

A7    Em7      G/B  A7 Em7 A7      Em7   A7
Dance the bo - le - ro in  a som - bre - ro.

D    A7   G       D
Shake    like a snake!


A7  Em7   G/B  A7  Em7     A7       Em7   A7
You wanna drop in when the cats are hop - pin'.

D   A7   G    D   Bm7    A7     G    D
Let your two feet move-a to the big beat;

A7       Em7   G/B    A7      Em7    A7   Em7    A7
Pick yourself a kit - ten and listen to a plat - ter

      D    A7      G     D
That rocks    the juke-box!


      Em7     A   G/B  A7  D6          Dalt Gdim  D
I'm-a telling you,         when you're blue,

              Em7     A   G/B  A7
Well there's a lot to do

        D       C   D
In the House Of Bamboo.

[AintSkeered]

Hilarious! Keeter, you know you really want to blast that song from the porch of your River Ranch camp, now, just admit it! And, what's said is that old rap song still beats most of the hip-hoppin' excrement we're subjected to today.