JOoMBO JOoMBO! Bork Bork Bork!

It was recently brought to my attention that there is a crazy African-chant inspired interlude in everyone's favorite song, "All Night Long" by Lionel Richie. Now it seems to me that everyone always sings along when the song is on, but I bet $5 that you never understood what they were saying. Mystery revealed!

(Chant)
Tom bo li de say de moi ya
Yeah, Jambo Jumbo
Way to parti' o we goin'
Oh, jambali
Tom bo li de say de moi ya
Yeah, JUMBO JUMBO!

Uh, what language is this? Was Lionel Richie smoking the crack when he came up with it? I assume it was he who wrote it....if not, was he on crack when he saw it on his music sheet and thought it was a great idea to put on his latest album?

Just to be HILARIOUS I went online and translated the above passage into "Swedish Chef" dialogue. Interestingly enough, it is about the same:
(Chunt) Tum bu lee de-a sey de-a muee ya
Yeeh, Jembu Joombu
Vey tu pertee' oo ve-a gueen'
Ooh, jembelee
Tum bu lee de-a sey de-a muee ya
Yeeh, JOoMBO JOoMBO! Bork Bork Bork!

Um, I kind of love it.

To translate your next blog entry to swedish chef (or Jive, which is one of my favorites), please see:
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~jbc/home/chef.html

For more lyrics from the song All night Long, please see: (We're going to Parti' Liming, Fiesta, forever)
http://www.mp3lyrics.org/l/lionel-richie/all-night-long/

To be honest, my favorite song by Lionel Richie is actually "Hello"....but it doesn't have any chanting.