Monkey Song

Word and music by Aram Rubenstein-Gillis

C G C G
There was a little monkey in a mud hut
C G C G
Looking through the hole in a coconut
C G C G
Shook around to see what's inside
C G C G
Said I'm gonna eat that coconut rice

Chorus

C G
Everybody do the hand clap (clap clap clap clapclap)
C G
All the children do the finger snap (snap snap snap snapsnap)
C G
Everybody sing a little song (ooh ooh ooh yeah)
Keep it going all day long (clap clap clap clapclap)

D
Put your right hand
C
Put your left hand up
G C D C G
And call down the glory of the rising sun



Lum-de-lie and lum-de-lay
That little monkey was so hun-gray
Lum-de-lay and lum-de-lie
That little monkey stuck his hand inside

Chorus

When he felt that coconut rice
He made a fist and he held it tight
That little monkey scream and shout
Because he couldn't get his hand out

Chorus

If you see a monkey in a mud hut
With his hand stuck in a coconut
Say hey little monkey don't you know
Freedom comes when you can let go

Chorus

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• The Monkey Song
• Aram Rubenstein-Gillis