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- Aba Daba Honeymoon
- Words and Music
by A. Fields and W. Donovan - 1914
- Number 2 on the
Hit Parade in 1951, played for 9 weeks.
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- E7 |
Am |
| C
Cm |
G A7 |
G D7 |
G |
| Am |
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E7 |
Am
C |
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C |
G C |
G D7 |
G7
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Am |
C Am |
C |
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Am |
C Am |
G7 |
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C |
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| D7 |
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G7
Dm |
G7 |
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Am |
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Am |
C |
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| E7 |
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Am |
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| Dm |
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B7 |
C |
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| D7 |
G7 |
C |
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Chorus) |
- 8-beat intro. Play 4-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Verse:
- 'Way down in the Congoland
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 cocoanut
tree,
- And the monkey gay, at the
break of day, Loved to hear the Chimpie say:
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- "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 honky, tonkey way.
"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab, means "Monk,
I love but you,"
"Baba, 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.
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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- Watch
the WineLand Banjo Band play "Aba Daba Honeymoon" (youtube)
- Vocal by Randi Shore
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- Listen to Larry Kennedy
play "Aba Daba Honeymoon" (mp3)
- Recorded at 39 Main
Restaurant in Tiburon, CA - 1975
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- This Chord Chart
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appear in single rows in each cell. Let me know of any
problems.
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com