Here are the original lyrics (variant posted above, sung by Lord Burgess).

Lyr. Add: Gin and Cocoanut Water
Wilmoth Houdini, copyright 1945

Honey come and go with me
Back to the West Indie
Baby can't you see
I'm losing my pep and energy.

What I need is the:

Gin and cocoanut water
Gin and cocoanut water
Gin and cocoanut water
I cannot get in America.

At the Medical Center what you think,
The doctor told me I'll have to drink,
They said, "Take this advice from me, Houdini,
and go back to the West Indie."

What I need is the:

Gin and cocoanut water,
Gin and cocoanut water,
Gin and cocoanut water,
I cannot get in America.

I remember when I was young,
I was husky and very strong.
Now I am so feeble and weak
my knees keep knockin' when I walk the streets.

What I need is the:

Gin and cocoanut water (3x)
I cannot get in America.

My friends I would be glad
the day that I get back to Trinidad.
I know my people would be glad to see me
like a monkey climb a cocoanut tree.

What I need is the:

Gin and cocoanut water (3x)
I cannot get in America.

Musical score with guitar chords.

Copyright 1945 by Northern Music Corporation; arrangement of score copyright 1946 by Northern Music Corp. NYC. Used by permission in Jim Morse, Folk Songs of the Caribbean, 1958, pp. 182-184, Bantam Books.