Verse 1: 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 Chimpie say:

Chorus 1: "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 chatter away, all day long they were happy and gay
Swingin' and singin' in a hunkey, tonkey 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
They went upon their aba, daba honeymoon.

Verse 2: Well, 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 every night, high up in the coconut tree,
It's the same old thing with the same old swing, when the Monk and Chimpie sing:

Chorus 2: "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 chatter away, all day long they were happy and gay
Swingin' and singin' in a hunkey, tonkey 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 honeymoon.

"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
They went upon their aba, daba honey
The went to Paris on their aba, daba honey,
Went upon their aba, daba honeymoon.