Money in the hand is the Yankee dollar bill

Money in the hand is the Yankee dollar bill

Money in the hand is the Yankee dollar bill

Money in the hand is the Yankee dollar bill

Oh, with the big, big bamboo, bamboo

O la la la la la la la la la

Working for the Yankee dollar

Well I asked my lady, "What should I do to make her happy and make love true?"

She said, "The only thing that I want from you is a little, little piece of a big bamboo"

With the big, big bamboo, bamboo

O la la la la la la la la la

Working for the Yankee dollar

Well, I gave my lady a sugar cane

Sweet up the sweets I did explain

She gave it back to my surprise

She liked the flavour but not the size

She wants the big, big bamboo, bamboo

O la la la la la la la la la

Working for the Yankee dollar

Well, I gave my lady a coconut

She said, "I like it, it's OK but the only thing that worries me, what good are the nuts without the tree?"

I want the big, big bamboo, bamboo

O la la la la la la la la la

Working for the Yankee dollar

Now I gave my lady a banana plant

She said, "I like it, it's elegant

You must not let it go to waste

It's much too soft to suit my taste?"

I want the big, big bamboo, bamboo

O la la la la la la la la la

Working for the Yankee dollar

Now I met a Chinese Mongol Dig Hung Do

He got married, went to Mexico

His wife divorced him very quick

She wants bamboo and not chopstick

It is the big, big bamboo, bamboo

O la la la la la la la la la

Working for the Yankee dollar

Money in the hand is the Yankee dollar bill

Money in the hand is the Yankee dollar bill

Money in the hand is the Yankee dollar bill

Money in the hand is the Yankee dollar bill