I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS
(learned in about 1945 from the Hit Parade; written by Fred Heatherton in 1944)
I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts,
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)
There they are a-standin' in a row,
Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head,
Give 'em a twist, a flick o' the wrist,
that's what the showman said.
Oh, I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts,
Ev'ry ball you roll will make me rich,
There stands me wife, the idol of me life,
Singin', Roll-a-bowl-a-ball-a-penny-a-pitch!
Singin', Roll-a-bowl-a-ball-a-penny-a-pitch!
Singin', Roll-a-bowl-a-ball-a-penny-a-pitch!
Roll-a-bowl-a-ball, roll-a-bowl-a-ball,
Singin', Roll-a-bowl-a-ball-a-penny-a-pitch!