Zombie Jamboree (Stereo Concert version) The Kingston Trio

[Intro]
Right now, we'd like pass on a point of information
Something that we didn't know until recently
That every year in Trinidad they have what is known as a Calypsonian Carnival
Which the various native groups down there get together
Vie with one another, musically
In order to find out who's the best on-the-spot composer of them all

Well, in the year 1955 Lord Invader and His Twelve Penetrators
Took the title with this next song
Based on a theme by Goethе involving the Dance of the Dеad
But Invader, of course, could only draw from experience
So he called it naturally, "Zombie Jamboree", the song that killed calypso (in Juarez)

[Chorus]
Well, now, back to back, belly to belly
Well, I don't give a damn 'cause I done dead already
Back to back, belly to belly
At the zombie jamboree (Now, he did call us)
Back to back, belly to belly
Well, I don't give a damn 'cause I done dead already
Back to back, belly to belly
At the zombie jamboree (Tell 'em, zombie)

[Verse 1]
Zombie jamboree took place
In a New York cemetery (Yea, uy-uy)
Zombie jamboree took place
In Long Island cemetery
Zombies from all parts of the island (Where?)
Some of them are great calypsonian (Some)
Since the season was carnival
They got together in bacchanal (Hey, what ya' doin'?)