(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!