The Aba Daba Honeymoon 1914

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 6 Jun 2008
2008

'Way down in the Congoland
lived a happy chimpanzee,
she loved a monkey with a long tail
(Lordy how she loved him!)
Each night he would find her there,
swinging in the cocoanut tree,
and the monkey gay
at the break of day
loved to hear his chimpie say:

Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab
said the Chimpie to the Monk,
Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,
said the Monkey to the Chimp.
All night long they'd chatter away,
all day long they were happy and gay,
swinging and singing in the hunkey, tonkey way.
Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab
means Monk I love but you,
Baba, daba, dab in monkey talk means
Chimp I love you too,
Then the big baboon,
one night in June
he married them and very soon,
they went upon
their Aba, Daba, Honeymoon.

Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab
said the Chimpie to the Monk,
Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,
said the Monkey to the Chimp.
All night long they'd chatter away,
all day long they were happy and gay,
swinging and singing in the hunkey, tonkey way.
Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab
means Monk I love but you,
Baba, daba, dab in monkey talk means
Chimp I love you too,
One night they were made man and wife
and now they cry, this is the life,
since they came from
their Aba, Daba, Honeymoon.

Well, you should have heard that band
Play upon their wedding day,
each chimp and monkey had nut shells
Lordy how they played them
and now it is ev'ry night,
high up in the cocoanut tree
it's the same old thing
with the same old swing,
when the Monk and Chimpie sing:

Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab
said the Chimpie to the Monk,
Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,
said the Monkey to the Chimp.
All night long they'd chatter away,
all day long they were happy and gay,
swinging and singing in the hunkey, tonkey way.
Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab
means Monk I love but you,
Baba, daba, dab in monkey talk means
Chimp I love you too,
Then the big baboon,
one night in June
he married them and very soon,
they went upon
their Aba, Daba, Honeymoon.

Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab
said the Chimpie to the Monk,
Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,
said the Monkey to the Chimp.
All night long they'd chatter away,
all day long they were happy and gay,
swinging and singing in the hunkey, tonkey way.
Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab
means Monk I love but you,
Baba, daba, dab in monkey talk means
Chimp I love you too,
One night they were made man and wife
and now they cry, this is the life,
since they came from
their Aba, Daba, Honeymoon.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Aba Daba Honeymoon 1914
dedicated to Jack Lee & Billy Delaney
by Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan
© MCMXIV by Leo Feist Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 6 June 2008 at 08.42
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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It's Veda's birthday today and this is for her! :-)
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