Once upon a time, there was a little boy who played a ukulele
He'd go around town, "Clink, clunk, clunk, clink, clank, clunk"
And the grown-ups would say "Take that thing out of here!"
Not only that, the boy's father would get in trouble too
His father was a magician, and he had a magic wand
And he could go "zoop" with it and make things disappear
But he played too many tricks on people
He'd come up to someone just about to
Drink a nice glass of something and
"Zoop!" The glass would disappear
He'd come up to someone doing some
Work, maybe sawing off a log of wood
"Zoop! Zoop! Zoop!" Up comes the father with his magic wand and
"Zoop!" The saw would disappear
He would come up to someone just about
To sit down after a hard day's work and
"Zoop!" No chair
People got tired of this. They said to the
Father, "Hey, you get out of here, too!
Take your magic wand and your practical
Jokes, and you and your son, just get!"
They ostracized them. That means they
Made them live on the edge of town
Now in this town, they used to tell stories
The old people used to tell stories about
The giants that lived in the old days
They used to tell a story about a giant called Abiyoyo
They said he was as tall as a tree, and he could eat people up
Of course, nobody believed it, but they told these stories anyway
One day, one day, the sun rose red over the hill
And the first people that got up and
Looked out of their window, they saw
A great big shadow in front of the sun
And they could feel the whole ground shake
Women screamed, "Ahhh!" Strong men fainted, "Ugh!"
They said, "Run for your lives! Abiyoyo's coming!"
Down through the fields he came
He came to the sheep pasture and grabs a whole sheep and
"Yop!" He eats it in one bite
He comes to the cow pasture, grabs a whole cow and
"Yop!" Gone
People yelled, "Grab your most precious possessions and run!"
Just then, the boy and his father were waking up
They'd been up late the night before at a party
And the boy rubbed his eyes and said, "
Hey, Pa! What's come all over the fields?"
And the father said, "Oh, son, that's Abiyoyo
If only I could get him to lie down, I could make him disappear"
The boy said, "Come with me, Father"
And he grabbed his father by the hand
And the father grabbed the magic wand
And the boy grabbed his ukulele, and over the
Fields they went, right up to where Abiyoyo was
People screamed, "Don't go near him! He'll eat you alive!"
There was Abiyoyo
He had long fingernails, 'cause he never cut 'em
He had slobbery teeth, 'cause he never brushed 'em
He had stinking feet, 'cause he never washed 'em
And he was raising up his claws
And just then the boy whipped out his ukulele
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
Abiyoyo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo
Abiyoyo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo
Hmmmm
Well, the giant had never heard a song about himself before
And a foolish grin spread across his face
And the giant started to dance
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
Abiyoyo, Abi
And the boy went faster
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
Abiyoyo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo
Abiyoyo-yo-yo
And the giant was dancing faster and faster
And he got out of breath, and he staggered
He fell down flat on the ground
"Zoop, zoop!" Went the father with his
Magic wand, and Abiyoyo disappeared
People streamed out of their houses and
They ran across the fields and they said
"Why, he's gone! He's disappeared!"
They said, "Come back to town, and sure
Bring your ukulele, we don't care"
And they all sang
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
Abiyoyo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo
Abiyoyo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
Abiyoyo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo
Abiyoyo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo-yo
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