Original sheet music

8-Bar Intro

Verse 1

'WAY DOWN IN THE CON-GO-LAND LIVED A HAP-PY CHIM-PAN-ZEE,
SHE LOVED A MON-KEY WITH A LONG TAIL,
LORD-Y, HOW SHE LOVED HIM!
EACH NIGHT HE WOULD FIND HER THERE,
SWING-ING IN THE CO-COA-NUT TREE,
AND THE MON-KEY GAY, AT THE BREAK OF DAY,
LOVED TO HEAR HIS CHIM-PIE SAY:

Verse 2

WELL, YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD THAT BAND PLAY ON THEIR WED-DING DAY,
EACH CHIMP AND MON-KEY HAD NUT-SHELLS,
LORD-Y, HOW THEY PLAYED THEM;
AND NOW IT IS EV-'RY NIGHT,
HIGH UP IN THE CO-COA-NUT TREE,
IT'S THE SAME OLD THING, WITH THE SAME OLD SWING,
WHEN THE MONK AND CHIM-PIE SING;

Chorus

"AB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB,"
SAID THE CHIM-PIE TO THE MONK
"BAB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB,"
SAID THE MON-KEY TO THE CHIMP,
ALL NIGHT LONG THEY'D CHAT-TER A-WAY,
ALL DAY LONG THEY WERE HAP-PY AND GAY,
SWING-ING AND SING-ING IN THEIR HON-KY, TON-KEY WAY,
"AB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB-A, DAB,"
MEANS "MONK, I LOVE BUT YOU,"
"BAB-A, DAB-A, DAB," IN MON-KEY TALK,
MEANS "CHIMP, I LOVE YOU TOO,"
THEN THE BIG BA-BOON, ONE NIGHT IN JUNE,
HE MAR-RIED THEM, AND VER-Y SOON,
THEY WENT UP-ON THEIR AB-A, DAB-A HON-EY-MOON