Come along with me to the congo land Got a zebra by the tail and a python in my hand Once my home was a Texas plain But now I swing a lasso on an alien terrain Honkey tonks and pygmies nowhere to go Everybody's heading to the watusi rodeo Cowboys are puttin' up a big fence around The sacred elephant burial ground Native women stompin' up a flurry in the mud Everybody's lookin' for some cowboy fun Guess they didn't like the nasty native wear Didn't look good on the native hair Don't they know that its all for show All for show at the watusi rodeo Monkeys in the trees just thumbin' their nose At the bull riders ridin' on rhinos Warriors standing with their spears in their hands Wondering what's next from the crazy white man The natives are restless underneath stetsons What are these cowboys doing in the congo They look like cows but they're water buffalo Everybody's headed for the watusi rodeo Ohh, they look like cows but they're water buffalo ropin' and a ridin' at the watusi rodeo