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MONKEY AND THE BABOON (Spencer Williams) Lonnie Johnson & Spencer Williams - 1929 Robert "Barbecue Bob" Hicks - 1930 Red Caps Trio - 1947 Horace Trahan & The New Ossun Express - 1999 Leroy Thomas & The Zydeco Roadrunners - 2000 Monkey and the baboon playin' in the grass Monkey said, "Don't give me no sass" When the baboon gave the monk a hard sock You should see the monk do the 'Eagle Rock' Monkey doodle-do Monkey doodle-do If you try to make a monkey out of me I'll make a baboon of you Monkey and the baboon playin' on a limb Baboon fell, the monkey laughed at him Baboon yelled, "You're too darn fine" Smacked that monkey right in the eye Monkey doodle-do Monkey doodle-do If you try to make a monkey out of me I'll make a baboon of you Monkey caught the baboon peeping through the door The baboon said, "Let me peep once more" But the monkey said "Nothin doin' tonight" "Gonna stay right here till I lose my sight" Monkey doodle-do Monkey doodle-do If you try to make a monkey out of me I'll make a baboon of you Monkey doodle-do Monkey doodle-do If you try to make a monkey out of me I'll make a baboon of you I'll make a baboon of you **Transcribed from the Red Caps recording. Earlier recordings may have different verses. (Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2004)

    





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