When My Great-Grand-Daddy and My Great-Grand-Mammy used to Cuddle and Coo in a Cocoanut Tree 1917

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 05 Sep 2004

I've studied ancient histories,
I like to read its mysteries,
but Darwin's Theory 'bout a man
away back when the world began,
it's strange but that appeals to me,
that man was once a chimpanzee,
I've often thought I'd like to know
if that were really so,
now, queer as it appears,
let's go back a million years.

When my great, great, great, great, great,
grand daddy and my
great, great, great, great, great,
grand mammy used to cuddle and coo
in a cocoanut tree.
He'd serenade her with monkey melodies,
and then they'd chase, chase, chase
thru the jungle trees,
and when they'd stop, stop, stop,
he would look for fleas,
when my greatgranddaddy and
my greatgrandmammy
used to cuddle and coo in a cocoanut tree.

When my great, great, great, great, great,
grand daddy and my
great, great, great, great, great,
grand mammy used to cuddle and coo
in a cocoanut tree.
He'd serenade her with monkey melodies,
and then they'd chase, chase, chase
thru the jungle trees,
and when they'd stop, stop, stop,
he would look for fleas,
when my greatgranddaddy and
my greatgrandmammy
used to cuddle and coo in a cocoanut tree.

If evolution theory's true,
just think what my dad used to do,
he never had a single care
and never worried what to wear,
from limb to limb he'd go his way,
he never had no rent to pay.
There were no laws he recognize,
not even family ties.
I'll bet granddad got riled
when those fig leaves came in style.

When my great, great, great, great, great,
grand daddy and my
great, great, great, great, great,
grand mammy used to cuddle and coo
in a cocoanut tree.
He'd serenade her with monkey melodies,
and then they'd chase, chase, chase
thru the jungle trees,
and when they'd stop, stop, stop,
he would look for fleas,
when my greatgranddaddy and
my greatgrandmammy
used to cuddle and coo in a cocoanut tree.

When my great, great, great, great, great,
grand daddy and my
great, great, great, great, great,
grand mammy used to cuddle and coo
in a cocoanut tree.
He'd serenade her with monkey melodies,
and then they'd chase, chase, chase
thru the jungle trees,
and when they'd stop, stop, stop,
he would look for fleas,
when my greatgranddaddy and
my greatgrandmammy
used to cuddle and coo in a cocoanut tree.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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When My Great-Grand-Daddy 1917
and My Great-Grand-Mammy used to Cuddle and Coo
in a Cocoanut Tree
Lyrics by Marshall Walker
Music by Will E. Skidmore
© 1917 by Will E. Skidmore - Kansas City, Mo.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 05 September 2004 at 19.58
in association with Doug Grierson
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