I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
Fred Heatherton*, Irwin Dash**, 1944· Novelty / Silly / Funny Songs · p.443
Intro: G D A D
G D
Down at an English fair one evening I was there
A D
When I heard a showman shouting underneath the flair
(Verse 1) G
I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts
G D
There they are all standing in a row
D
Big ones small ones some as big as your head
A
Give them a twist a flick of the wrist
D
That’s what the showman said
(Verse 2) G
I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts
G D
Every ball you throw will make me rich
D
There stands me wife, the idol of me life
D G
Singing roll or bowl the ball a penny a pitch
Chorus: G
Roll or bowl the ball a penny a pitch
G D
Roll or bowl the ball a penny a pitch
D
Roll or bowl a ball, roll or bowl a ball
D G
Singing roll or bowl a ball a penny a pitch
(Repeat verse 1, Verse 2, Chorus as many times as you wish)
* Fred Heatherton, a songwriting pseudonym for collaboration of English songwriters Harold Elton Box and Desmond
Cox. Lewis Ilda (a pseudonym of American songwriter Irwin Dash).