Here's a different set of lyrics, from a child's collection (http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/k004.html). Obviously this song has been thoroughly exposed to the Folk process: from the slaughter of unwanted wives, to choking to death on clergymen, to being bonked by falling coconuts. Cf the Bodleian broadsides referenced by Masato above.

A MIDI of the tune can be found at this spot..

An essay on the history of the song, creiditng it to A.W. Humphreys, can be found here.

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King of the Cannibal Islands
Written By: Unknown
Copyright Unknown

Oh, have you heard the story of late
About the royal potentate
For if you haven't it's in my pate,
'Bout the King of the Cannibal Islands

Hokey pokey winkey wong
Parley magoo gagoo gagong
Handaree rangaree chingaree chong
The King of the Cannibal Islands

His kingdom stretched for miles and miles
Around about the neighboring isles,
His subjects sharpened their teeth with files
Like the King of the Cannibal Islands

Hokey pokey winkey wong
Parley magoo gagoo gagong
Handaree rangaree chingaree chong
The King of the Cannibal Islands

His subjects hunted on the coast
For crocodiles to catch and roast
And serve to him for tea on toast
To the King of the Cannibal Islands

Hokey pokey winkey wong
Parley magoo gagoo gagong
Handaree rangaree chingaree chong
The King of the Cannibal Islands

One day while waiting for his tea
A coconut fell from a neighb'ring tree
And bonked his Cannab'lic majesty
The King of the Cannibal Islands

Hokey pokey winkey wong
Parley magoo gagoo gagong
Handaree rangaree chingaree chong
The King of the Cannibal Islands