Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Signifyin' Monkey, artist - Billy Butterfield
Date of issue: 31.05.2020
Song language: English
Signifyin' Monkey |
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 |