Asked my woman what should I do To make her happy and to keep her true All she said that I want from you Is a likkle likkle piece of the big bamboo Chorus: 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 (Chorus) 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? (Chorus) I met a chinyman named Dick Van Go He got married went to Mexico His wife divorce him pretty quick She like bamboo but not chopstick (Chorus) The big, big bamboo, bamboo Ay yai yai Money in the land of the Yankee dollar, eh