The Ada Daba Honeymoon

Way down in the Congo Land,

Lived a happy chimpanzee.

She loved a monkey with a long tail,

Lordy, how she loved him!

Each night she would find him 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 would chatter away,

All day long they were happy and gay,

Singin' and swingin' in honky tonky 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,"

And the big baboon, one night in June,

He married them, and very soon,

They went upon their aba daba honeymoon.

You should have heard that band

Play upon their wedding day,

Each Chimp and Monkey had nutshells,

Lordy, how they played them.

And now it is ev'ry night,

High up in that old coconut tree,

Well 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 would chatter away,

All day long they were happy and gay,

Singin' and swingin' in honky tonky 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 went on their aba, daba honeymoon.