Album: Hit Parade 1950 (1950)
Charted: 3
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  • {Chorus}: "Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab" means
    "Monk, I love but you"
    "Aba 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,
    They went upon their aba 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 he would find her there,
    Swinging in the coconut tree
    And the monkey, gay
    At the break of day,
    Loved to hear his chimp-y say:

    "Aba daba daba daba daba daba daba"
    Said the chimp-y to the monk
    "Aba daba daba daba daba daba daba"
    Said the monkey to the chimp
    All night long, they'd chatter away,
    All day long they were happy and gay
    Swingin' and singin' in a honky-tonky way

    "Aba daba daba daba daba daba daba" means:
    "Monk, I love but you"
    "Aba 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
    They went upon their aba daba honeymoon

    {Faster}: "Aba daba daba daba daba daba daba"
    Said the chimp-y to the monk
    "Aba daba daba daba daba daba daba"
    Said the monkey to the chimp
    All night long, they'd chatter away
    All day long they were happy and gay
    Swingin' and singin' in a honky-tonky way

    "Aba daba daba daba daba daba daba" means:
    "Monk, I love but you"
    "Aba daba daba," in monkey talk, means:
    "Chimp, I love you too"
    Then the big baboon, one night in June
    He married them, and very soon
    They went upon their aba daba honeymoon

    Then the big baboon, one night in June,
    He married them, and very soon
    They went upon their aba daba honey...
    Aba daba, aba daba, aba daba honeymoon
    A-honeymoon! Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyPer: http://www.oldiesmusic.com/news.htm {01-08-2016}...
    Kitty Kallen, best known for her 1954 hit, "Little Things Mean A Lot" (#1 for 9 weeks), died Thursday (January 7th, 2016) at her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The Philadelphia native was 94...
    Born Katie Kallen in 1921, she started singing on the "Horn & Hardart's Children's Hour" on Philadelphia radio. That led to her own show and by the time she was 15, a spot singing with Jan Savitt's big band. She later sang with Artie Shaw, Jack Teagarden, Harry James and Jimmy Dorsey before striking out on her own. From 1955 to 1959, Kitty lost her voice-- though only onstage and was confined to just recording. She charted 14 times solo between 1949 and 1963, including "The Chapel In The Moonlight" (#4-1954), "Aba Daba Honeymoon" with Richard Hayes (#9-1951) and "My Coloring Book" (#18-1963) before retiring in the mid-'60s. Kitty received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and was selected for the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2009. She appeared on Broadway in the original production of "Finian's Rainbow" in 1947...
    May she R.I.P.
  • Andre from The Bronx, NyThis is a fun, fun, fun catchy song! Debbie is dee-lightful! Hey, and it's timeless!- Dre
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