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Said the Signifyin' Monkey to the lion one day

«There's a great big elephant down the way

Goin' round talking, I’m sorry to say

About your mama in a scandalous way

Yes, he’s talking 'bout your mama, and your granma too

And he don’t show too much respect for you

Now you weren’t there and I sure am glad

'Cause what he said about your mama made me mad.»

Signifyin' Monkey, stay up in your tree

You are always lying and signifyin'

But you better not monkey with me

The lion said, «Yeah? Well I’ll fix him

I’ll tear that elephant limb from limb»

Then he shook the jungle with a might roar

Took off like a shot from a .44

He found the elephant where the tall grass grows

And said, «I come to punch you in your long nose»

The elephant looked at the lion in surprise

And said, «Boy, you better go pick on somebody your size»

The lion wouldn’t listen, he made a pass

The elephant slapped him down in the grass

The lion roared and sprung from the ground

And that’s when that elephant really went to town

I mean he whipped that lion for the rest of the day

And I still don’t see how the lion got away

But he dragged on off, more dead than alive

And that’s when that monkey started his signifyin' jive

Signifyin' Monkey, stay up in your tree

You are always lying and signifyin'

But you better not monkey with me

The monkey looked down and said, «Ooh-wee!

What is this beat up mess I see?

Is that you, lion? Ha-ha! Do tell

Man, he whipped your head to a fare-thee-well

Give you a beating like it wasn’t nothing

You supposed to be king of the jungle, ain’t that some stuff?

You big overgrown pussycat, don’t you roar

I’ll hop down there and whoop you some more»

The monkey got to laughing and jumpind up and down

But his foot missed the limb and he plunged to the ground

The lion was on him with all four feet

Ground that monkey to hamburger meat

The monkey looked up with tears in his eyes

And said, «Please, Mister lion, I-I apologize

I meant no harm, please let me go

And I’ll tell you something you really need to know»

Signifyin' Monkey, stay up in your tree

You are always lying and signifyin'

But you better not monkey with me

The lion stepped back to hear what he’d say

And that monkey scampered up a tree and got away

«What I wanna tell you,» the monkey hollered then

«Is if you fool with me, I’ll sic the elephant on you again»

The lion just shook his head and said, «You jive

If you and your monkey children want to keep alive

Up in them trees is where you better stay.»

And that’s where they are to this very day

Signifyin' Monkey, stay up in your tree

You are always lying and signifyin'

But you better not

No you better not

You are always lying and signifyin'

But you better not monkey with me

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