I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
Composer:
Fred Heatherton
Genre: World / Folk
Decade: 1923 to 1949
Submitted by: Russell Ambrose
Description:
"I`ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" is a novelty song composed in 1944 (as "I`ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts") by Fred Heatherton, an English songwriter.[1] It celebrates the coconut shy (coconut toss) at funfairs.Merv Griffin`s recording with Freddie Martin and His Orchestra (1950) is often miscredited to Monty Python on the Internet. The Martin/Griffin version reached the Billboard retail Top 10 and sold over three million copies.[2]The song was also recorded by Danny Kaye in 1950. The song became Danny Kaye`s only hit on the US charts
File Size: 5Kb |
Bars: 92 |
Pages: 5 |
Length: 1m, 43s |
Submitted: 14/01/2012
by: Russell Ambrose