Japanese Banana
[Spoken Verse 1]
Ah, isn't it beautiful boys? The ancient land of Japan!
Boy, sure is pretty
It sure is!
I'm hungry! I want a banana
Stop it Alvin. Now, there's famous Mt. Fujiyama
And look at the pretty cherry blossoms!
This is a land that has everything: rice, fish
Any bananas?
No Alvin, they don't grow any
I want a banana!
Good idea! Let's have a banana
Yeah, banana!
Sh, boys let's not make a fool of ourselves
Don't do anything to embarrass me, I'll never bring
[Chorus]
Wish we had a Japanese banana
It would be so very nice
Want a juicy Japanese Banana
Don't want the cherries and rice
We can see they have so many things
And we are glad that it's so!
But do they grow a Japanese banana
That's what we like to know!
[Spoken Verse 2]
Did you have to do that Alvin?
What?
You and your brothers I mean
Singing about a banana like that
We're hungry for bananas!
There are no bananas. There are plenty of cherries
Do you like cherries?
Well, as a matter of fact I do
I like cherries
We like bananas!
Alvin, I told you to be polite on this trip
Now will you please calm down and stop this fool
[Chorus]
Wish we had a Japanese banana
It would be so very nice
Want a juicy Japanese Banana
Don't want the cherries and rice
We can see they have so many things
And we are glad that it's so!
But do they grow a Japanese banana
That's what we like to know!
[Outro]
That's the worst banjo player I've ever heard
That's not a banjo, Alvin; that's a shamisen
That's the worst shamisen player I've ever heard
Do they have any grapes here?
Ah, isn't it beautiful boys? The ancient land of Japan!
Boy, sure is pretty
It sure is!
I'm hungry! I want a banana
Stop it Alvin. Now, there's famous Mt. Fujiyama
And look at the pretty cherry blossoms!
This is a land that has everything: rice, fish
Any bananas?
No Alvin, they don't grow any
I want a banana!
Good idea! Let's have a banana
Yeah, banana!
Sh, boys let's not make a fool of ourselves
Don't do anything to embarrass me, I'll never bring
[Chorus]
Wish we had a Japanese banana
It would be so very nice
Want a juicy Japanese Banana
Don't want the cherries and rice
We can see they have so many things
And we are glad that it's so!
But do they grow a Japanese banana
That's what we like to know!
[Spoken Verse 2]
Did you have to do that Alvin?
What?
You and your brothers I mean
Singing about a banana like that
We're hungry for bananas!
There are no bananas. There are plenty of cherries
Do you like cherries?
Well, as a matter of fact I do
I like cherries
We like bananas!
Alvin, I told you to be polite on this trip
Now will you please calm down and stop this fool
[Chorus]
Wish we had a Japanese banana
It would be so very nice
Want a juicy Japanese Banana
Don't want the cherries and rice
We can see they have so many things
And we are glad that it's so!
But do they grow a Japanese banana
That's what we like to know!
[Outro]
That's the worst banjo player I've ever heard
That's not a banjo, Alvin; that's a shamisen
That's the worst shamisen player I've ever heard
Do they have any grapes here?