LITERARY SKYLARK

Lyrics to “Boléro”

by
Maurice Ravel

Bum budabum bum bum
Budabduda bum bum

Bum budabum bum bum
Budabduda bum bum

Ba badada dada dada da dada da
Ba dada dada dada da dada daa
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa

Ba badada dada dada da dada da
Ba dada dada dada da dada daa
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa

Ba badadada dada dada da dada da
Ba dada dada dada da dada daa
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa
Ba badabdadada dada dada da dada da
Ba dada dada badada da dada daa
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa

Ba dada dada dada da dada da
Ba dada dada badada da dada daa
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa

Ba dada dada badada da dada da
Ba dada badadada dada da dada daa
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa

Ba dada dada badadada da dada da
Ba dada dada badada da dada daa
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa

Ba dada dada dada da dada da
Ba dada dada dada da dada daa
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa

Ba dada dada dada da dada da
Ba dada dada dada da dada daa bapa da
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa

Ba dada dada dada da dada da
Ba dada bada dabapada dada dada badada dada daa
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa

Ba dada dada dada da dada da
Ba dada dada dada da dada daa
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa

Ba dada dada dada da dada da!
Ba dada dada badada da dada daa!
Baa dada dadadada daa daada daaa!
Baaaa badaaa badabda baadaaaaa daaa daaaaaa!

Baaaaa daaaaaaaa daa daaaaa daaaaaaa baaaaaaaaaa!
Badbabadadapapapabadapa baaaaaaa!

BA BADADA DADA DADA DA DADA DA!
BA DADA DADA DADA DA DADA DAA!
BAA DADA DADADADA DAA DAADA DAAA!
BAAAA BADAAA BADABDA BAADAAAAA DAAA DAAAAAA!

BAAAAA DAAAAAAAA DAA DAAAAA DAAAAAAA BAAAAAAAAAA!
BADBABADADAPAPAPABADAPA BAAAAAAA!

Dada dada da.

Maurice Ravel is a French composer now living in the Lower East Side of New York City. He never married, but he did have several long-running relationships. He was also known to frequent the bordellos of Paris.