Sleeping “Bwana Tumbo”

Sly old “Bwana Tumbo” he

Just looks on in silent glee;

Thinkin’ of the Yankee game

Doesn’t want none of the same.

“Game enough,” says he, “for me

In the jungle, yes sir-ee;

Until no game I want today

In the good ol’ U.S.A.

Foxy “Bwana Tumbo” he

Rests upon his battery,

Fur away from fire an’ smoke

Havin’ of his little joke.

Watchin’ of the pull an’ haul

Tariff an’ the big canawl;

Hasn’t got a word to say

But the good ol’ U.S.A.

Lively “Bwana Tumbo”, why

He will wake up by an’ by;

He will wake up, eyes aflame,

Teeth together, after game.

Not the jungle ellerfaunt

Will ol’ “Bwana Tumbo” want

But the G.O.P. hooray!

Huntin’ in the U.S.A.

Dec. 10, ’09                 

After Theodore Roosevelt left office, he took an extended trip to Africa in which he became known there as "Bwana Tumbo," Great Hunter if memory serves us. He spent two years abroad and came back to this country where he seemed more popular than his successor, President Taft.