Lyrics to The Monkey

Yeah

The monkey speaks his mind



And three monkeys sat in a coconut tree

Discussing things as they are said to be

Said one to other now listen, you two

"There's a certain rumour that just can't be true

That man descended from our noble race

Why, the very idea is a big disgrace

No monkey ever deserted his wife

Starved her baby and ruined her life



Yeah

The monkey speaks his mind



And you've never known a mother monk

To leave her babies with others to bunk

And passed them on from one to another

'Til they scarcely knew who was their mother

Yeah

The monkey speaks his mind



And another thing you will never see

A monkey build a fence around a coconut tree

And let all the coconuts go to waste

Forbidding other monkeys to come and taste

Why, if I put a fence around this tree

Starvation would force you to steal from me



Yeah

The monkey speaks his mind



Here's another thing a monkey won't do

Go out on a night and get all in a stew

Or use a gun or a club or a knife

And take another monkey's life

Yes, man descended, the worthless bum

But, brothers, from us he did not come



Yeah

The monkey speaks his mind