Monkey and the Turtle

By Christine Anu

On Stylin’ Up

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[Intro]

Bidi-ba-bom-bom-bom

(Ya wah!)


[Chorus]

Ey-hey-hey, ooh-oh

Ya wah!

Ey-hey-hey, ooh-oh

Ya wah!


[Verse 1]

Hey which way Tuks?

Come on over to my place

We got too much to do, you know time is a short space?

But when we talk all day

And when we talk all night

You me yarn till we see the morning light

Deadly weather for fishing today

Can't chase the thought of sleep away

Chase sleep away, chase sleep away, chase sleep away

I think the monkey's coming out to play


[Chorus]

Ey-hey-hey, ooh-oh

Ya wah!

Ey-hey-hey, ooh-oh

Ya wah!


[Verse 2]

Feel slack when I wake up in the morning

Watching the tide it's always coming and going

Coming and going like good, bad and old news

Like the monkey telling the turtle what to do

Go fish, go sleep, go yarn through the day

Monkey and the turtles a yarn from away

The Torres, the Straight I talk about

With the sway of the trees in the breeze


[Chorus]

Ey-hey-hey, ooh-oh

Ya wah!

Ey-hey-hey, ooh-oh

Ya wah!


[Bridge]

Monkey and the turtle, them two going

Them two find it, one banana

Monkey speak with turtle, you stop here

I gonna get banana for you, me, yeah

Boss, he come and ask to them two

"Them two fall down, really a pair"

You stop it stalking, you stab it down

Not a bully fly, fly bully, ay

Style

S-T-Y-L-E

Tah tah tah, ah!


[Chorus]

Ey-hey-hey, ooh-oh

Ya wah! (Oh, oh, oh, oh)

Ey-hey-hey, ooh-oh

Ya wah!

Ey-hey-hey, ooh-oh

Ya wah! (Oh-oh, baby)

Ey-hey-hey, ooh-oh (Oh-oh, ey-ey, oh-oh, ey-ey)

Ya wah! (Yeah, yeah)

Ey-hey-hey, ooh-oh (Oh, woah, oh, hey-ah)

Ya wah!


[Outro]

Ey-hey-hey (Ah, tah tah tah)

Ah, tah tah tah

Ey-hey-hey (Ah, ooh)

Ey-hey-hey (Ey-hey-hey)

Ey-hey-hey


[Skit]

Monkey and the turtle, them two go

Them two find a one banana

Monkey speak with turtle, you stop here

I gonna get banana for you, me, yeah

Turtle, wah

Foolish monkey, foolish monkey, yeah

(Yay!)