The island of Bollamazoo Lyrics

1938 London
Operette the Musical - The island of Bollamazoo Lyrics

The song is written by Noël Coward.

REFRAIN I

On the Island of Bollamazoo

Life is almost too good to be true.

You can fish on a reef

Wearing pearls and a leaf

Which at Brighton you never could do.

For a few coloured beads
from the Penny Bazaar

You can buy luscious oysters wherever
you are,

And you don’t have to wait for a month
with an R

On the Island of Bollamazoo.

On the Island of Bollamazoo

Life is almost too good to be true.

You don’t have to care what your neigh
bours might think

If a charming young lady should give you
a wink,

You can buy her outright for the price
of a drink

On the Island of Bollamazoo.


REFRAIN 2

On the Island of Bollamazoo
Life is almost too good to be true.

No one ever gets warm
Over Tariff Reform

And the thought of Home Rule is taboo.

Unlike Campbell-Bannerman’s dignified
pose

The local Prime Minister welcomes his foes

With a club in one hand and a ring
through his nose
On the Island of Bollamazoo.

All: On the Island of Bollamazoo

Life is almost too good to be true.

Pom-Pom: The ladies are dusky,
domestic and fair,

For the suffragette movement they
wouldn’t much care.

And they’d think “Votes for Women ”
were something to wear
On the Island of Bollamazoo.


Review: Operette the Musical Lyrics

Operette the Musical Lyrics

Prologue
The Opening Chorus
Countess Mitzi
Dearest love
Foolish virgins
The stately homes of England
Where are the songs we sung?
The island of Bollamazoo
Prologue, Act II
Sing for joy
My dear Miss Dale
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