Lyr. Add: PAPA DIDN'T KNOW

From Port-of-Spain to Lenegan,
One night they row'd without a man,
From Port-of-Spain to Lenegan.

Refrain:-
Mokey, monkey on a tree,
Oh, yah, me.
Better shut your eyes on what you see.
Monkey, monkey on a tree,
Oh, yay,me.
Never say a word of what you heard "Cause
They row'd away to Lenegan.

Chorus:-
Papa didn't know, Mama didn't know.
They row'd away to Lenegan.
Papa didn't know, Mama didn't know,
Papa didn't know, Mama didn't know,
They row'd away to Lenegan.

2
Passing among them all the while
Oh, for the kisses and the smiles,
Flying among them all the while.
(repeat last two lines)

3
Quickly they came to Port-of-Spain.
And when the moon began to wane,
Quickly they came to Port-of-Spain.
(repeat last two lines)

Lenegan is a small island six miles from Port-of-Spain.
The 'monkey', a Calypsonian, 'saw' them and he "sing on them."

Edric Connor, 1958, Songs from Trinidad, pp. 28-28. Arr. for voiced, guitar, drums and bass by Gareth Walters. Oxford University Press.

Originally copyright and printed by Boosey & Hawkes Ltd., used by permission.