Every day, down by the water, a girl leaves her bamboo hut
   Climbing up a ladder to a palm tree for a coconut
   Oh--coconut
   Oh--coconut
  
   So I went a little bit closer, looking up the tree
   And I asked if she would be willing to pick one for me
   Oh--coconut
   Oh--coconut
  
   Well, she said that I was a bad boy
   And don't give me bother
   And that she was only allowed to
   Pick for her father
   Oh--coconut
   Oh--coconut
  
   But next day, I was a lot wiser, I went up the tree
   And after she had climbed up the ladder,
   I kicked it down you see!
   Oh--coconut
   Oh--coconut
  
   Oh--coconut
   Oh--coconut