Chincherinchee Lyrics - Perry Como

Where the jungle trees are tall 

Grows a flower sweet to see 

It's a purdy flower they call "Chincherinchee!" 

There a boy sang all day long 

To a maiden tenderly 

And he called her in his song "Chincherinchee!" 

While the tom toms played 

He sang his serenade 

In the moonlight: 

"Sweet Chincherinchee, you're divine, 

Sweet Chincherinchee say you're mine! 

Say you'll be mine my whole life through! 

Sweet Chincherinchee, I love you!" 

Everyone will agree 

She's as sweet as can be 

She's so kissable and caress-able "Chincherinchee!" 

Everybody can see 

How exciting is she 

She's embraceable, irreplaceable "Chincherinchee!" 

While the tom toms played 

He sang his serenade . . . 

Every night they used to meet 

By a tall banyan tree 

Where he sang his heart to sweet "Chincherinchee!" 

While the tom toms played 

He sang his serenade 

In the moonlight: 

"Sweet Chincherinchee, you're divine, 

Sweet Chincherinchee say you're mine! 

Say you'll be mine my whole life through! 

Sweet Chincherinchee, I love you!" 

"Sweet Chincherinchee, you're divine, 

Sweet Chincherinchee say you're mine! 

Say you'll be mine my whole life through! 

Sweet Chincherinchee, I love you!" 

Words and Music by John Jerome, 1956