I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS songwriter: Fred Heatherton, 1949 (1944?) publisher: Box & Cox Publications (ASCAP) recorded by Danny Kaye & Merv Griffin, among others Down at Barnum's fair One evening I was there When I heard a showman Shouting underneath the flare... Oh, I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, There they are all standing in a row. Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head Give 'em a twist, a flick of the wrist, That's what the showman said. Oh! I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts Every ball you throw will make me rich. And there stands me wife, the idol of me life, singing Roll or bowl a ball a penny a pitch. Singing, roll or bowl a ball a penny a pitch, Roll or bowl a ball a penny a pitch, Roll or bowl a ball Roll or bowl a ball Roll or bowl a ball a penny a pitch.^^ Lyrics corrected May 14, 2001
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