Broadway Melodies
The Ladybirds
Ladies and gentlemen, the farinaceous ladybirds!
Abba dabba dabba dabba dabba dabba dabba
Said the chimpie to the monk
Abba dabba dabba dabba dabba dabba dabba
Said the monkey to the chimp
All night long, they chattered away
All day long, they were happy and gay
Swingin' and singin' in a honky tonky way
Abba dabba dabba dabba dabba dabba dabba
Means: Monk, I love but you
Abba dabba dabba, in monkey talk, means
Chimp, I love you too
Then the big baboon, one night, in June
He married them, and very soon
They went upon their abba dabba honeymoon
You can bring pearl
She's a darn nice girl
But don't bring lulu!
You can bing rose
With the turned-up nose
But don't bring lulu!
Lulu always wants to do
What the boys don't want her to
Every time she starts a round
London bridge's falling down
You can bing cake or fillets of steak
But don't bring lulu!
Lulu gets blue, and she goes cuckoo
Like the clock upon the shelf
She's the kinda smarty
Who breaks up every party
Hullaloo-loo
Don't bring lulu
She'll come by herself!
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, dear sir, with you
My heart won't let my feet do things they should do
I won't dance, why should I?
I won't dance, how could I?
I won't dance, merci beaucoup
I know that music leads the way to romance
So if you hold me in your arms
I won't dance!
I wanna be loved by you, just you
And nobody else but you
I wanna be loved by you, alone!
Boop-boop-a-doop
I wanna be kissed by you, just you
And nobody else but you
I wanna be kissed by you, alone!
Boop-boop-a-doop!
Everything today is thoroughly modern
Fans are getting jazzier
Everything today makes yesterday slow
Cars are getting snazzier
It's not insanity, says vanity fair
In fact, it's time to raise your skirts and bob your hair
In a rumble seat
The world's so cozy if the boy is kissable
And that tango dance they wouldn't allow
Now, it's quite permissible
Goodbye, good-goody girl
I'm changing and how
So beat the drums
'Cause here she comes
Yes, beat the drums
'Cause here comes
Thoroughly modern millie now!
Boop-boop-a-doop, pooh!