Abiyoyo 
Composer(s): Pete Seeger
Performer(s): Pete Seeger
and multiple other artists



Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
Abiyoyo, yoyoyo, yoyoyo

Once upon a time there was a little boy who played the ukelele 
He'd go around town
'Blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp, blmp blmp blmp, blmp blmp, blmp!'
Grown-ups said "Get that thing out of here!"

Not only that, the boy's father was a gettin' in trouble 
He was a magician 
He had a magic wand 
He could go 'Zoop! Zoop!' make things disappear 
But the father played too many tricks on people 
Somebody doing a hard job of work, 'zzt, zzt, zzt' 
Up comes the father with his magic wand 
'Zoop!' no saw
Come to someone about to drink a nice cold glass of something 
'Zoop!' the glass disappears 
He'd come to someone about to sit down after a hard day's work 
'Zoop!' no chair

People said to the father, "You get out of here, too 
Take your magic wand and your son!" 
The boy and his father were ostracized 
That means they made them live on the edge of town

Now in this town they used to tell stories
The old people used to tell stories about the giants that lived in the old days 
They used to tell a story about a giant called Abiyoyo 
They said he was as tall as a house and could eat...people... up
Of course, nobody believed it, but they told the story anyway

One day, one day, the sun rose, blood red over the hill 
And the first people got up and looked out of their window 
They saw a great big shadow in front of the sun 
And they could feel the whole ground shake
'Stomp, stomp' 
Women screamed, 'Ahh!'
Strong men fainted "Ohh!"  
"Run for your lives! Abiyoyo's coming!"

He came to the sheep pasture, grabs a whole sheep, 'Yeowp!' 
Comes to the cow pasture, grabs a whole cow, 'Yeowp!'
Daniel, "Grab your most precious possessions and run! Run!" 
Just then the boy and his father woke up 
"Hey, Paw, what's coming over the field?" 
Oh, Son, that's Abiyoyo 
Oh, if I could only get him to lie down, I could make him disappear"

The boy said "Come with me, Father" 
He grabs his father by one hand 
The father gets the magic wand, the boy gets the ukelele 
They run across the field 
Peopleyelled, "Don't go near him! He'll eat you alive!" 
There was Abiyoyo 
He had long fingernails cause he never cut 'em
Slobbery teeth, 'cause he didn't brush them 
Stinking feet, 'cause he didn't wash 'em 
He raised up with his claws, the boy whips out his ukelele and starts to sing

Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
Abiyoyo, yoyoyo, yoyoyo

Well, you know the giant had never heard a song about himself before
And a foolish grin spread over the giant's face 
And the giant started to dance "Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo" 
The boy went faster, "Abiyoyo, yoyoyo, yoyoyo 
Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo" 
The giant got out of breath 
He staggered 
He fell down flat on the ground 'Zoop!, Zoop!' 
People looked out the window, Abiyoyo disappeared

They ran across the fields 
They lifted the boy and his father up on their shoulders 
They said, "Come back to town 
Bring your damn ukelele, we don t care anymore!" 
And they all sang

Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo
(Oh, you sing it with me)
Abiyoyo Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo, Abiyoyo