Captain Bangaroo - Spike Jones: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Captain Bangaroo

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Captain Bangaroo was released on January 1, 1960 by CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) as a part of the album Omnibust

Song Details

Release DateJanuary 1, 1960

LabelCAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Spike Jones

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Carl E. Brandt

Composer

Eddie Brandt

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Si Waronker

Producer, Executive Producer

Lyrics

Hiya, boys and girls!

It's time again for your four o'clock fun-time

Favorite, the kiddies' friend, Captain Bang-a-roo!

Put your dreams away and hear me good, pops

This is the thin one

Once upon a time there was a chick named Cinderella Frankenstein

Real square, like, uh, you know, the kind that

Digs glass slippers, coaches, and Prince Charmings

Well, she lived with her two stepsisters and stepmother

And they, they were real swingers from the word "go"

Strictly hipsville

Well, this bugged Cinderella, and she was

Always puttin' them down like they were crazy

And they were

Only, you know, like, uh, crazy-crazy

Well, uh, they owned this groovy little pizza palace

Called Stepmother's Place, and man, it was a gasser

It was, like, so hip they wouldn't even serve an old-fashioned

And the only cigarettes they carried were like, uh, what else? Kools

Well, like, Cindy didn't dig this scene at all, pops

You know, like, she would just, like, cool it in her

Dingy little pad and get her kicks from reading crazy

Clippings about her famous daddio, Doctor Frankenstein

Well, like, one night she was reading a gory little story

In Bleeder's Digest when all of a sudden, like, out of

Nowhere, this real strange-lookin' cat came on the scene

And Cinderella says

Who are you, may I ask?

Well, I ain't Mr. Dylan

I'm your Scary Godfather, ma'am

Anything you want, just let me know, and I'll

Have it here faster than you can say "goon smoke"

Well, like, when Cinderella heard this

She started throwing lines at him, like

Oh, Mr. Scary Godfather, you've just got to help me find my father

Well, it just so happens that your

Pappy and I are the closest of fiends

Even closer than me and Doc

Why, it's like I say, ma'am, there's just

Nothin' your old pappy won't do for me

Why, he's got the heart of a teenager, and

He keeps it in a bottle right on his desk

Oh, Mr. Scary Godfather, when can I see my father?

Tonight at midnight, he's throwin' a big

Shindig at his castle, and everybody's invited

But before you go, ma'am, I've, I've just got to

Do somethin' about that there dress you're wearin'

And that crazy mixed-up hairdo

So he took out his magic honkin' sax, played a real cool lick

And just like that Cinderella turned into a wailin' vampire

Crazy

Now let's cut out from this scene

It bugs me

Whatever you say, ma'am

But remember, now, you've just got to be back before the rooster

Crows, or I can't be responsible for what might happen to you

Uh, dig?

Like the most, man

Now wrap your chops around that sax, so I can start flippin'

And just like that, a tired old pumpkin turned into

The ginchiest sports car, and Cinderella split

When Cindy made the castle scene, it was a real swinger

You know, the joint was jumpin' like the sands

Doctor Frankenstein was there with all

The crazy monsters he had whipped up

And, man, like, they looked like they were made for each other

It was like, uh, one big happy funeral, you know what I mean?

Like, real togetherness

There was only one cat at this swingin'

Affair that Cinderella really dug

She had seen him once before at Stepmother's Place

The moment he spotted her, he flipped like

Uh, you know, ring-a-ding-ding-ding

My name is Peter Ghoul, I'm a private iodine

I know

I've seen your picture on a bottle in my medicine cabinet

Well, man, you know, like, it was too much

Like, they was happy as two morticians at a yellow fever epidemic

And suddenly Cinderella turned to Peter Ghoul and said

Man, I gotta cut before the sun comes up

It's like, you know, time for a coffin break

And with that she flew right out the nearest closed window

Well, like, uh, Peter Ghoul was really brought down, '

Cause he didn't even know her from Hank Henry, you know?

And like, uh, then he noticed that she had dropped her glove

When he picked it up, he cried

Cuckoo! Like, how hard is it to find a

Chick who lost her six-fingered glove?

The next day he started on a door-to-door gig, and finally he

Came to Cinderella's pad, and she was really sleepin' warm

He saw her through the window, and his

Ticker began to tilt, and he plowed right in

But when he got a good look at her, he was

As confused as a milkman at a crematory

Cinderella was no longer the real cool weirdo he had known

She was her old square self again

A real bubblehead

She got so panicky that she ran into the backyard

And got her neck caught in the clothesline

Real hung-up style

And what a crazy ending, like, everyone was gassed

'Cause at last Cinderella was a real swinger

Okay, Nels, tear it up

Written by: Carl E. Brandt, Eddie Brandt

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