I asked my woman what could I do
To make her happy and keep her true
She said darling, darling, all I want from you
Is a tiny little piece of your big bamboo
She want the big bamboo, get up, big and long
The big bamboo get up, big and strong
The big bamboo, rise up, great and tall
The big bamboo pleases one and all
So I gave my lady a piece sugar cane
It's very, very sweet, she did explain
But she handed it back, much to my surprise
She said she liked the flavor but not the size
She want the big bamboo, get up, big and long
The big bamboo get up, big and strong
The big bamboo, rise up, great and tall
The big bamboo pleases one and all
Then I gave my lady two coconuts
She darling, darling, that's ok, but
The only thing that really, really worries me
What good are the nuts without the bamboo tree?
She want the big bamboo, get up, big and long
The big bamboo get up, big and strong
The big bamboo, rise up, great and tall
The big bamboo pleases one and all
I know a China man named Lip Long Lo
He married a Jamaican and called her Wan Lu To
But she divorced him, she divorced him very quick
She said, she wanted bamboo and not a lousy chop stick
She want the big bamboo, get up, big and long
The big bamboo get up, big and strong
The big bamboo, rise up, great and tall
The big bamboo pleases one and all
You know when you go to a clipse on show, it's a lot of fun
Infact, Cliptonians are able to extemporate
They look around and they sing, they make up the song on the things they see in the audience
And if you sit in the front roll, you could be picked up, for example
You see this gentleman with his legs crossed?
Sitting there looking like he's a real big boss
When I tell you this, he won't sit at all
Because I hear that his bamboo is very small
She want the big bamboo, get up, big and long
The big bamboo get up, big and strong
The big bamboo, rise up, great and tall
The big bamboo pleases one and all
See Bill here from New York
Has the glasses on his eyes
Looking so distinguished, looking so wise
When I tell you this, he's gonna faint and fall
If you think you have a problem, he has no bamboo at all
She want the big bamboo, get up, big and long
The big bamboo get up, big and strong
The big bamboo, rise up, great and tall
The big bamboo pleases one and all
You see this gentleman with the big red nose?
My God, it looks like a fireman's hose
But he's really lucky, what he can do
With a nose like that, he don't need no bamboo
She want the big bamboo, get up, big and long
The big bamboo get up, big and strong
The big bamboo, rise up, great and tall
The big bamboo pleases one and all
I know you're all enjoying resort
Let's hear it for the resort, let's hear it for all the staff, let's hear it for all of attendance
