asked my woman what should I do To make her happy and to keep her [bad word] All she said that I want from you Is a likkle likkle piece of the big bamboo [bad word]  De big bamboo it grows good and strong The big bamboo grows good and long The big bamboo stand up straight and tall And the big bamboo pleases one and all I gave my girl a sugar cane Sweets for my sweet I did explain She gave it back with my surprise She like the flavor but not the size [bad word]  I gave my girl a coconut She said she like it, its o.k. but The only thing that worries me What good is the nut without the tree? [bad word]  I met a chinyman named [bad word] Van Go He got married went to Mexico His wife divorce him pretty quick She like bamboo but not chopstick [bad word]  The big, big bamboo, bamboo Ay yai yai Money in the land of the Yankee dollar, eh