Raffi - Abiyoyo lyrics

Once upon a time there was a little boy, who played a ukulele He'd go around town clink, clunk, CLONK! 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. He could go Zooop! 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 gla** of something Zoop! The gla** would disappear He'd come up to someone doing some work—maybe sawing off a log of Wood: zzt, zzt, zzt. Up comes the father with his magic wand: Zoop! And 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 git!" They ostracized them. That means, they Made 'em 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 But 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 (Stomp, stomp.) Women screamed. Strong men fainted. 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. Yeowp! He eats it in one bite. He comes to the cow Pasture, grabs a whole cow and Yuhk! 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. The boy rubbed his eyes and said: "Hey, pa, what's coming over the fields" The father said: "Oh, son. That's Abiyoyo Oh, if only I could get him to lie down, I could make him disappear." The boy said, "Come with me father." 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 them He had stinking feet, cause he never washed them He was raising up his claws and just then the boy whipped out his Ukulele Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo Abiyoyo, yo yoyo yo yoyo Abiyoyo, yo yoyo yo yoyo 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 The boy went faster ABIYOYO, ABIYOYO, ABIYOYO, ABIYOYO ABIYOYO, YO YOYO, YO YOYO ABIYOYO, YO YOYO… And the giant was dancing faster, and faster 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 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 yoyo yo yoyo, Abiyoyo, yo yoyo yo yoyo