Released on October 19, 1979

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[Intro]

This one's for all the bouncers

Big, big monkey man


[Chorus]

Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay

Them a tell me you

Huggin' up a big monkey man

Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay

Them a tell me you

Huggin' up a big monkey man


[Verse 1]

I never saw you, I only heard of you

Huggin' up a big monkey man

I never saw you, I only heard of you

Huggin' up a big monkey man


[Chorus]

It's no lie, it's no lie

Them a tell me you

Huggin' up a big monkey man

It's no lie, it's no lie

Them a tell me you

Huggin' up a big monkey man


[Verse 2]

Now I know that, now I understand

You're turning a monkey on me

Now I know that, now I understand

You're turning a monkey on me


[Chorus]

Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay

Them a tell me you

Huggin' up a big monkey man

Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay

Them a tell me you

Huggin' up a big monkey man


[Bridge]

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la


[Verse 3]

I was on my way to Banbury Cross

Then I see a monkey upon a white horse

With rings on his fingers, bells on his toes

Sing a little song, wherever he be

'Cause he's a monkey, 'cause he's a monkey

'Cause he's a witty-bitty-switty-bitty monkey man


[Chorus]

Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay

Them a tell me you

Huggin' up a big monkey man

Ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay

Them a tell me you

Huggin' up a big monkey man