Verse 1:
Way down in the Congo,
I lived as a happy chimpanzee,
She loved a monkey with a long tail.
(Lordy, how she loved him!)
Each night, he'd find her there.
Swinging in the cocoanut tree,
And the monkey gay, at the break of day,
I loved to hear his Chimpie say:

Chorus:
"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’d chatter away.
All day long, they were happy and gay.
Swinging and singing
In their hunky, tonkey way.
"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab."
Means "Monk, I love you but you."
"Baba, daba, dab," in monkey talk,
Means "Chimp, I love you too."

Verse 2:
Well, you should have heard that band.
Play upon their wedding day,
Each chimpanzee and monkey had nutshells.
(Lordy, how they played them!)
And now it is every night.
High up in the cocoanut tree,
It’s the same old thing, with the same old swing.
When the Monk and Chimpie sing:

Chorus:
"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’d chatter away.
All day long, they were happy and gay.
Swinging and singing
In their hunky, tonkey way.
"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab."
Means "Monk, I love you but you."
"Baba, daba, dab," in monkey talk,
Means "Chimp, I love you too."

Bridge:
Then the big baboon, one night in June,
He married them, and very soon,
They went on their aba, daba honeymoon.
One night they were made man and wife,
And now they cry, "This is the life."
Since they came from their aba, daba honeymoon.

Outro:
It’s the same old thing, with the same old swing.
When the Monk and Chimpie sing,.