From “THE COCOANUTS”, 1925.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Cover Art by Sydney Leff.
Copyright ©10 Nov 1925.
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Monkeys upon a tree never are very blue
They never seem to be under par, that is true
Not like the ones you see on a bar in the zoo
Monkeys upon a tree do the Monkey doodle doo
Chorus:
Oh, among the mangos, where the monkey gang goes
You can see them do the little monkey doodle doo
Oh, a little monkey playing on his one key
Gives them all the cue
To do the monkey doodle doo
Let me take you by the hand
Over to the jungle band
If you’re too old for dancing
Get yourself a monkey gland
And then let’s go, my little dearie
There’s the Darwin theory
Telling me and you
To do the monkey doodle doo
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: