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'd chatter away All day long there were happy and gay Swinging and singing in their hunky 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 Then the big baboon one night in June He married them and very soon Since they came from their aba daba honeymoon Way down in the Congoland Lived a happy chimpanzee She loved a monkey with long tail (Lordy, how she loved him) Each night he would find her there Swinging in the coconut 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'd chatter away All day long there were happy and gay Swinging and singing in their hunky 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 came from their aba daba honey Aba, daba, daba Aba, daba honeymoon