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Coconut Music

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Stu

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Monkey jump up on the beach

Telling a story with his banana

The jungle safari men kept a beat

Coconut music happen

Oh, jump up high

Oh, jump up low

Jump on a coconut

Go Go Go!

Oh, Jump to the left

Oh, Jump to the right

Jump on a coconut

Isn’t it nice?

Now Monkey he said

“I bring a banana to bed

but in the morning it be gone.”
He say “that banana split,

It lost it’s appeal;

I jump on the coconut

It always be real.”

The Safari men say “That not so!

Not a story that we’d like to know.

The Beach is the music

The Jungle is the tune

The Banana is the beginning

The Coconut come to an end..”

Oh, jump up high

Oh, jump up low

Jump on a coconut

Go Go Go!

Oh, Jump to the left

Oh, Jump to the right

Jump on a coconut

Isn’t it nice?

The Monkey and the Safari men sit right down

Down by the Jungle Beach, Down on the ground,

They eat the Banana and the Coconut too

The story is in the music

And it tastes good too!

Oh, jump up high

Oh, jump up low

Jump on a coconut

Go Go Go!

Oh, Jump to the left

Oh, Jump to the right

Jump on a coconut

Isn’t it nice?

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OK…ANYBODY who tries to find something deep and meaningful in the above, let me know what you are on! 😉

Once again, Bluebell Books issued their weekly challenge, and this one I just took to the silly stage: The image at the top of this post is called a Wordle (never heard of that before), and the rules for the challenge are thus:

Create a story, a prose or a poem using at least 4 words from the Wordle given above. of course, you may apply all words provided in your entry, enjoy the challenge!

Words do form images, write a poem or a story using the words provided, have fun!

So, I was JUST HAVING FUN with this one. Today we were talking about Harry Belefonte, and I realize now, when I was playing around with this, I was thinking “Come, Mr. Tally man, tally some bananas…” and that is where this happened.

Go jump on a coconut…isn’t it nice? 🙂

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charlesmashburn on August 3, 2011 at 9:16 pm said:

The monkey’s love for bananas rings so true in this brilliant… KIDDING!
Good one. This prompt lends itself to silliness, I believe.
I love your line at the end of the poem.

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- bornstoryteller on August 3, 2011 at 9:22 pm said:
  
  Thanks Charles. I WILL smack someone upside the head if they try to dig deep into this one. Just a warning!! 😉
  
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InJensMind on August 3, 2011 at 9:32 pm said:

Oh I not only found a deeper meaning I laughed hard at it too. LOL I’ll not post it here though so you don’t assault me with your keyboard.
This was funny, I liked it. 😀

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- bornstoryteller on August 3, 2011 at 9:34 pm said:
  
  🙂 yeah, well…deeper innuendo is one thing….
  
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Martha Orlando on August 3, 2011 at 9:46 pm said:

I’m on Jimmy Buffet! Loved this fun, esoteric, and tropical song! I hear the music in my head; well, hey, it’s better than hearing voices! 🙂

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- bornstoryteller on August 3, 2011 at 9:54 pm said:
  
  Martha, any music is good music. I don’t like Pina Coladas, but…Frozen Raspberry Margaritas, anyone?
  
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Jill B on August 3, 2011 at 10:30 pm said:

Twice as nice when you share it with your friends ! Thanks for sharing this Stu, it really made me smile, and I thought about the song right as soon as you started the chorus. Really delightful.

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- bornstoryteller on August 3, 2011 at 10:31 pm said:
  
  Thanks Jill. It’s just silly fun…needed to be that, for me.
  
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wordcoaster on August 4, 2011 at 12:12 am said:

Now Monkey he said
“I bring a banana to bed
but in the morning it be gone.”
He say “that banana split,
It lost it’s appeal;
I jump on the coconut
It always be real.”

Yessssss! Love the playful puns and silly nonsense of it all 😀

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- bornstoryteller on August 4, 2011 at 5:55 am said:
  
  Thank you so much, Wordcoaster (love that handle, btw). Just as you wrote, playful and silly word nonsense.
  
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kez on August 4, 2011 at 8:36 am said:

such a fun poem with a real rhythm and beat loved it …thank you

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- bornstoryteller on August 4, 2011 at 10:03 pm said:
  
  Thank you Kez. It’s also easy to dance to, too. 🙂
  
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Jeanie McBain on August 4, 2011 at 9:51 am said:

A wonderful fun piece of poetry loved this one 🙂

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- bornstoryteller on August 4, 2011 at 10:04 pm said:
  
  Thank you Jeanie. I really was writing this as a song lyric (most of my so called poetry is more song lyric in my mind). Thanks.
  
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Jingle on August 4, 2011 at 10:14 am said:

super creative and playful,

love your imagination, well done.

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- bornstoryteller on August 4, 2011 at 10:05 pm said:
  
  Jingle: thank you. I’m having fun with most of these challenges.
  
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Deirdra Eden Coppel on August 4, 2011 at 11:03 am said:

You have a fabulous blog! I want to award you the Brilliant Writer Blog Award for all the hard work you do!

Go to http://astorybookworld.blogspot.com/p/awards.html and pick up your award.
~Deirdra

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- bornstoryteller on August 4, 2011 at 10:00 pm said:
  
  Thank you Deirdra!!! I truly appreciate it.
  
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mish on August 4, 2011 at 4:25 pm said:

I can actually feel the tropical island rhythms of this piece … it would make a nice jingle for an advert on a banana or coconut drink of sorts … very original !

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Neni on August 4, 2011 at 6:02 pm said:

Cool poem… I feel a warmth reading this… 🙂

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- bornstoryteller on August 4, 2011 at 9:58 pm said:
  
  Thank you Neni. Warmth..good deal.
  
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Li on August 4, 2011 at 7:28 pm said:

Can’t trust bananas, they either split or get all mushy very quickly. Now a coconut – well, you have to work a little harder but it’s worth it.

I am, of course, referring to weak character vs. strong character. 😉

This is a fun and catchy little piece. Now I’ve got the tune from “Under the Sea” stuck in my head.

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- bornstoryteller on August 4, 2011 at 10:00 pm said:
  
  Hee hee…under de sea…under de sea…it’s so salacious, just you and meeeeee…..
  
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Brian and Feliciab on August 4, 2011 at 7:47 pm said:

Hilarious! Thanks for sharing such a fun piece! 🙂

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- bornstoryteller on August 4, 2011 at 9:59 pm said:
  
  Thank you, you two. It was just plain fun to write.
  
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Kay Salady on August 5, 2011 at 12:26 pm said:

Taco pizza? “Jump to the left, jump to the right, jump on a coconut, isn’t it nice?” 🙂

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- bornstoryteller on August 5, 2011 at 8:12 pm said:
  
  Mmmmm…..Taco Pizza.
  
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e.a.s. demers on August 5, 2011 at 9:34 pm said:

Ha! love this…. can’t go wrong with Harry Belafonte as inspiration 🙂

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- bornstoryteller on August 5, 2011 at 9:36 pm said:
  
  Thank you. Funny thing is, it wasn’t until I was finished with it that I found the synchronicity in the day.
  
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bendedspoon on August 6, 2011 at 8:19 am said:

juicy and fun! what a talent 🙂

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- bornstoryteller on August 6, 2011 at 8:20 am said:
  
  Thank you very much. Juicy. I like that too.
  
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A.B. Thomas on August 7, 2011 at 12:45 pm said:

Great flow! I could probably find something deep and meaningful – in a perverse way, of course, but i’m trying to go against my natural tendencies!

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- bornstoryteller on August 7, 2011 at 12:52 pm said:
  
  The punning and innuendo are right there on top. No digging necessary. Hope you enjoyed the humor.
  
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CC Champagne on August 10, 2011 at 11:07 am said:

Brilliant! I could hear the rhythm and see the cartoon characters you were singing about. Harry Belafonte! Brilliant! Thank you for sharing something so completely devoid of seriousness and melancholy – I think we all need that!

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- bornstoryteller on August 10, 2011 at 5:55 pm said:
  
  You are most welcome, CC. I just don’t get why almost everyone who is doing these prompts have to go the angst route, even when they gave the prompt for a kid lit., Made NO sense to me. yes, we need to smile. Thank you.
  
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ogungbesan20 on September 6, 2011 at 3:29 pm said:

THIS MAKE SENSE TO ME AT LEAST, I DID ENJOY IT AND LOVE IT. THANKS FOR SHARING

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- bornstoryteller on September 6, 2011 at 3:57 pm said:
  
  Thank you. I was just having fun with it. Glad you enjoyed it.
  
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deborahnscatteredmusing on January 10, 2012 at 2:33 pm said:

There is no way possible to dig in deep and get serious with this one. I also started thinking of that song and the movie Beetle Juice. very fun read Stu, thanks for sharing

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- bornstoryteller on January 10, 2012 at 2:35 pm said:
  
  Thanks Deborah. I just pulled this one out from August: have a lot of new readers now who may never have seen this.
  
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The Gooseberry Garden on January 11, 2012 at 9:01 pm said:

http://gooseberrygoespoetic.blogspot.com/2012/01/poetry-picnic-week-21-childrens-stories.html

one of your poems is featured at poetry picnic week 21,

Thanks for the grace, join us any time if you wish.

Happy Blogging.

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