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)