"The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill" lyrics

"The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill"

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

He went out tiger hunting with his elephant and gun
In case of accidents he always took his mum
He's the all American bullet-headed Saxon mother's son
All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Deep in the jungle where the mighty tiger lies
Bill and his elephants were taken by surprise
So Captain Marvel zapped him right between the eyes, zap!
All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

The children asked him if to kill was not a sin
"Not when he looked so fierce", his mummy butted in
If looks could kill it would have been us instead of him
All the children sing

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Oh ho!

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?
Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill, Bungalow Bill?

Ey op!


Thanks to John Rikard, Tony Lancaster, Nick, KnittedGandhi for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Paul McCartney, John Lennon
This song was inspired by Richard A. Cooke, a young man who visited the same ashram in India where The Beatles studied meditation. Cooke killed a tiger there and became upset about it soon and asked their teacher Maharishi, whether it was a sin to kill a tiger. His wife later recalled in an interview for Mojo magazine in 2008, "Maharishi's response was 'Life destruction is life destruction'. Rik has not shot anything since."
The line "Not when he looked so fierce" was sung by a female for the first time on the band's song. This was Yoko Ono doing the lead vocal.