Down In Monkeyville 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Feb 2010
2010

Down in Monkeyville,
as monkeys will,
they've copied old Broadway's cabarets.
Monkeys congregate,
each night at eight,
it's simply great!
There's a jungletown Quartette
of big baboons, four baboons,
and when they begin
to act like crazy loons,
singing tunes, ev'ry monkey doodle
goes right off his noodle,
jumping helterskelter all around.

Down in Monkeyville,
talk of vaudeville,
All the chimpanzees,
there in twos and threes
hanging from the trees
are singing monkey melodies,
and then the Chief Gorill'
leads the band until
all the cute little monkeys
are bobbin' up and down,
bobbin' up and down,
Monkey shining down in Monkeyville.

Down in Monkeyville,
talk of vaudeville,
All the chimpanzees,
there in twos and threes
hanging from the trees
are singing monkey melodies,
and then the Chief Gorill'
leads the band until
all the cute little monkeys
are bobbin' up and down,
bobbin' up and down,
Monkey shining down in Monkeyville.

One orangoutang,
who taught the gang,
to do the Turkey Trot,
he was shot
by a monkey Cop,
who came to stop
this naughty Hop!
Monkey husbands left their wives
to take a chance with this dance,
Monkey maidens seemed to put them
in a trance with one glance,
One wise monkey feller
had a big Rathskeller,
doing business on a palm tree branch.

Down in Monkeyville,
talk of vaudeville,
All the chimpanzees,
there in twos and threes
hanging from the trees
are singing monkey melodies,
and then the Chief Gorill'
leads the band until
all the cute little monkeys
are bobbin' up and down,
bobbin' up and down,
Monkey shining down in Monkeyville.

Down in Monkeyville,
talk of vaudeville,
All the chimpanzees,
there in twos and threes
hanging from the trees
are singing monkey melodies,
and then the Chief Gorill'
leads the band until
all the cute little monkeys
are bobbin' up and down,
bobbin' up and down,
Monkey shining down in Monkeyville.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Down In Monkeyville 1913
Music by Theodore Morse
Lyrics by Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie
©MCMXIII by Theodore Morse Music Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 19 February 2010 at 10.19
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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