Come Down From The Big Fig Tree 1904

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 05 September 2010
2010

In a big fig tree
sat a chimpanzee
on a balmy night in June,
And she chanced to spy
as he wandered by
such a handsome baboon,
Said the monkey maid:
"If you're not afraid,
make a date up here with me,"
But the baboon said,
as he wagged his head:
"Well, upon my word,
I never heard of a date
in a big fig tree,"
Then he sang
to the chimpanzee:

I'm waiting here
beneath the shining moon,
Oh, won't you spoon,
with your baboon,
now hurry up,
or I'll be leaving soon,
Oh, won't you come down
from the big fig tree.

I'm waiting here
beneath the shining moon,
Oh, won't you spoon,
with your baboon,
now hurry up,
or I'll be leaving soon,
Oh, won't you come down
from the big fig tree.

Said the monkey Miss:
"If you want a kiss,
there is one up here for you."
And she heaved a sigh
on her perch so high
for the maid was feeling blue,
"Tho' I love to spoon,"
said the big baboon,
"it's an awful height to climb,
Now it's getting late,
I've another date,
and a maid like you
might prove untrue
so I'll call at another time."
But she came
when she heard this rhyme:

I'm waiting here
beneath the shining moon,
Oh, won't you spoon,
with your baboon,
now hurry up,
or I'll be leaving soon,
Oh, won't you come down
from the big fig tree.

I'm waiting here
beneath the shining moon,
Oh, won't you spoon,
with your baboon,
now hurry up,
or I'll be leaving soon,
Oh, won't you come down
from the big fig tree.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Come Down From The Big Fig Tree 1904
Music by Theodore Morse
Lyrics by Edward Madden
© 1904 by F.B.Haviland Pub.Co. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 05 September 2010 at 15.29
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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