African tribesmen chorus Quotes in Hollywood Party (1934)

Female chorus singers: [fanfare plays as song starts] This is a holiday, no melancholy day / This is a jolly day / To welcome the Baron, who came from the Congo today

Durante: Wait a minute! Wait a minute!

Durante: [sings] Why, the Baron is coming to say hello,

Female chorus singers: Hello

Durante: Just hello,

Female chorus singers: Hello, hello, hello

Durante: Not hello, hello, hello, but halloo

Female chorus singers: Halloo

Durante: Say, he won't say "howdy-doo", "miss me babe", or "how are you" / "Press the flesh, old thing" or "Cheerio", or say "How's tricks" or "there" or "hi-de-ho" / Not "Wie geht, mein freund" or "mazel tov", "Bonjour" or any high-hat stuff,

Durante: [spoken] What a lingust, what a linguist!

Durante: [song resumes] By now, you ought to know, the Baron's going to say hello,

African tribesmen chorus: A goona goona, a trader horna / Good afternoon-a, or is it morn-a? / Here's the Baron, kicking King Kong around /

Female chorus singers: What's he gonna say, what's he gonna say?

African tribesmen chorus: He's coming here to say hello,

Female chorus singers: Oh no,

African tribesmen chorus: That scootin' tootin sof-of-a-gun from Africa / That prevaricating second-to-none from Africa / He's going to say

Female chorus singers: He's going to say

Baron Munchausen: [a gorilla carries the Baron in his arms] I'm going to say

Baron Munchausen: [song pauses] And so we're here. It has been a long walk, but we're here, ha-ha. Schnarzan, I bring you the most ferocious ape ever captured in the valleys of Africa, he is the son of King Kong. His name is Ping Pong. Now let Papa down. Pingie, go to Schnarzan.