BananaPhone
| Category: | Fun |
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| Link: | Performance Example |
| Notes: | A super-fun, pun-filled kids singalong popularized by Raffi ("Bananaphone"). Great for campfires with younger Scouts-faster tempo, big "ring ring" participation, and callouts on the silly invented words ("bananular", "interactivodular"). |
Intro
DinGg-a-liDng-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling
BooG-ba-doDo-ba-doop
BooG-ba-doDo-ba-doop
GRing ring ring ring Dring ring ring baGnana phoneD
GRing ring ring ring Dring ring ring baE7nana phone
AmI've got this feeling, Gso appealing
A7For us to Get together and D7sing. Sing!
GRing ring ring ring Dring ring ring baGnana phoneD
GDing dong ding dong Dding dong ding doE7nana phone
AmIt grows in bunches, GI've got my hunches
A7It's the best! Beats the rest
D7Cellular, modular, interactivodular
GRing ring ring ring Dring ring ring baGnana phoneD
GPing pong ping pong Dping pong ping paE7nana phone
AmIt's no Bologna, Git ain't a phony
A7My cellular bD7ananular Gphone
F#Don't need quarters, don't need dimes
to Bmcall a friend of mine
Don't F#need computer or TV
to Bmhave a real good time
I E7call for pizza, I call my cat
I Acall the white house, have a chat
I A7place a call around the world
D7Operator get me Beijing jing jing jing
GRing ring ring ring Dring ring ring baGnana phoneD
GYin yang yin yang yiDn yang ying yoE7nana phone
It's a Creal life momma and poppa phone
A Gbrother and a sister and a E7dogga phone
A A7grandpa phone and a D7grandma phone E7too (oh yeah)
A7My cellular, D7bananular Gphone
EmBanana phone, Eb7ring D7ring Gring (It's a phone with appeal)
EmBanana phone, Eb7ring D7ring Gring (Now you can have your phone and eat it too)
EmBanana phone, Eb7ring D7ring Gring (This song drives me, Bananas)
EmBanana phone, Eb7ring D7ring G6ring
Chords Used
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