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Number fifty-four,

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The house with the bamboo door,

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Bamboo roof and bamboo walls,

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They've even got a bamboo floor!


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You must get to know Soho Joe,

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He runs an Expresso,

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Called the House of Bamboo.


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It's-a made of sticks.

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Sticks and bricks,

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But you can get your kicks

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In the house of bamboo.


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In this ca - si - no, you can drink a chi no,

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And it's gotcha swingin' to the cha cha

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Dance the bo - le - ro in a som - bre - ro.

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Shake like a snake!


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You wanna drop in when the cats are hop - pin'.

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Let your two feet move-a to the big beat;

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Pick yourself a kit - ten and listen to a plat - ter

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That rocks the juke-box!


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I'm-a telling you, when you're blue,

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Well there's a lot to do

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In the House Of Bamboo.

Say, it's only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

Yes, it's only a canvas sky
Hanging over a muslin tree
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

Without your love
It's a honky tonk parade
Without your love
It's a melody played in a penny arcade

It's a Barnum and Bailey world
Just as phony as it can be
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

Say, it's only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

Yes, it's only a canvas sky
Hanging over a muslin tree
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

Without your love
It's a honky-tonk parade
Without your love
It's a melody played in a penny arcade

It's a Barnum and Bailey world
Just as phony as it can be
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

It's phony it's plain to see
How happy I would be
If you believed in me