Big Bamboo

The big bamboo... Bamboo garçon! I asked my woman what shall I do To keep her honest and keep her true She said "Sparrow all I want from you Is a little little piece Of the big bamboo" The big bamboo grows out from the ground The big bamboo grows up straight and strong It stand up straight and tall And the big bamboo pleases one and all Mr. Wooding! I gave my woman a sugarcane Very very sweet, I must explain She gave it back to me to my surprise She said she love the flavour But not the size The big bamboo grows out from the ground (The big bamboo) It's so big and long (The big bamboo) It stand up straight and tall And the big bamboo pleases one and all I gave my woman a coconut She told me "It is ok, but" To my surprise she gave it back to me "What good is the nut without the tree?" The big bamboo grows out from the ground The big bamboo is so very long (The big bamboo) It stand up straight and tall And the big bamboo pleases one and all Aye aye yeh, aye aye aye I gave my woman a banana plant She told me she thought it is elegant It is much too nice to go to waste But then it's much too soft to suit her taste She said the big bamboo grows out from the ground The big bamboo is so very long (The big bamboo) It stand up straight and tall And the big bamboo pleases one and all Now ever since the world began Woman were always fooling man But we found out the women were always true To men like me with the big bamboo The big bamboo grows out from the ground The big bamboo is so very long (The big bamboo) It stand up straight and tall And the big bamboo pleases one and all Now it have a lot of men sitting here Posing off and relaxing in the chair But that one over there are going to make you look small Your wife tell me you ain't got no bamboo at all The big bamboo grows out from the ground The big bamboo it it always strong (The big bamboo) It stand up so straight and tall And the big bamboo pleases one and all Now the big fat fellow sitting over there You think that you are a big-wig heir But -- I'm going to spoil your joy The ladies say you have a bamboo like a little boy The big bamboo grows out from the ground The big bamboo, so, so big and long (The big bamboo) It stand up straight and tall And the big bamboo pleases one and all Bamboo, garçon! The Big Bamboo!