Big Bamboo Lyrics

Asked my woman what should I do
To make her happy and to keep her true
All she said that I want from you
Is a likkle likkle piece of the big bamboo
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De big bamboo it grows good and strong
The big bamboo grows good and long
The big bamboo stand up straight and tall
And the big bamboo pleases one and all
I gave my girl a sugar cane

Sweets for my sweet I did explain
She gave it back with my surprise
She like the flavor but not the size
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I gave my girl a coconut
She said she like it, its o.k. but
The only thing that worries me
What good is the nut without the tree?
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I met a chinyman named Dick Van Go
He got married went to Mexico
His wife divorce him pretty quick
She like bamboo but not chopstick
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The big, big bamboo, bamboo
Ay yai yai
Money in the land of the Yankee dollar, eh