Aba Daba Honeymoon
Words & Music by Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan
Recorded by Debbie Reynolds, 1951 (#3)
From the 1950 movie "Two Weeks In Love


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"Ab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab,"

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Said the chimpie to the monk;

 A     Fdim  A6    Fdim  A    Fdim   A6    
"Bab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab,"

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Said the monkey to the chimp.

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All night long they'd chatter away,

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All day long they were happy and gay, 

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Swinging    and singing in their honky tonky way.

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"Ab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab,"

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Means "monk, I love but you." 

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"Bab-a dab-a   dab"    in mon - key   talk 

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Means "Chimp, I love you too."

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Then the big baboon one night in June 

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He married them and very soon 

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They went upon their ab-a dab-a honey moon,

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They went upon their ab-a dab-a honey moon,