The Aba Daba Honeymoon

by Debbie Reynolds, Maria Muldour · posted by WaltP

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THE ABA DABA HONEYMOON
By: Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan
Debbie Reynolds, Maria Muldour
Key: C 

 3  3  3* 3*-3 -3  3*-3  3  3  3* 3* -3
"Ab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab,"
 3    3*  -3   2  2   2   2
Said the chim-pie to the monk;
  3  3  3* 3*-3 -3  3* 3* 3  3  3* 3* -3
"Bab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab,"
 3    3* -3  -2  -2 -2    -2
Said the mon-key to the chimp.
-2   -2    -2    -2    -2   3 -3 -4
All night long they'd chat-ter a-way,
 2  -3   2     -3     2  -2  3  -3
All day long they’re hap-py and gay, 
 -1   -1  -2*  -3  -4
Swing-ing and sing-ing 
-3  -3*  -4   3   3   3   3 
in their hun-key ton-key way.
 3  3  3* 3* -3-3  3* 3* 3  3  3* 3* -3
"Ab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab-a dab,"
 3 3*   -3   2  2    2   2 
Means "monk, I love but you." 
  2  2 -1*-1*  2   -2* 3*  2   -2*
"Bab-a dab-a  dab" in mon-key talk 
  3     -3    3* -3  -4   4
Means "Chimp, I love you too."
 -4   5  -5  -3  -3  -3   -5   -3  -3
Then the big ba-boon one night in June 
-4  4   3    3   -3   4  3  3
He mar-ried them and ver-y soon 
 3*   -3  3* -3  -3*  -4 -4 -4 -3*
They went u-pon their ab-a dab- a 
-4  3   4
hon-ey moon,

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