down at an english fair, one evening i was there, when i heard a showman shouting, underneath the flair
i've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, there they are standing in a row, big ones, small ones, some as big as your head, give 'em a twist a flick of the wrist, that's what the showman said i've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, everybody throw and make me rich, there stands me wife, the idle of me life, singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch, singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch, role a pole a ball, role a pole a ball, singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch i've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, (there lovely!) there they are standing in a row, (1,2,3,4) big ones, small ones, some as big as your head, (and bigger) give em' a twist, a flick of the wrist, that's what the showman said now that i've got a lovely bunch of coconuts, (da,da,da,da,da) everybody throw and make me rich, (have a banana) there stands me wife, the idle of me life, singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch all together now, singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch, harmony, singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch, r,r,r,r,r,r,r,role a pole a ball, role a pole a ball, singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a pitch singin' role a pole a ball, a penny a piiiiiiitch.