Aba Daba Honeymoon

"Aba Daba Honeymoon" is a popular song written and published by Arthur Fields and Walter Donovan in 1914, known through its chorus, "Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab, Said the chimpie to the monk; Baba daba daba daba daba daba dab, Said the monkey to the chimp,"[1] and first recorded in 1914 by the comic duo team of Collins & Harlan.[2]

"Aba Daba Honeymoon"
Sheet music cover, 1914
Song
Published1914
Songwriter(s)Arthur Fields, Walter Donovan

Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter version
Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter performing the song in Two Weeks With Love (1950)

A cover of the song "Aba Daba Honeymoon" was featured in the 1950 film, Two Weeks with Love. The single released from that film was recorded by Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter on August 4, 1950, and issued as a single by MGM Records as catalog number 30282. It reached number 3 on the Billboard charts in 1951. [3]

M-G-M sent the pair on a multicity personal appearance tour of Loews theaters to capitalize on its success, beginning in Washington, D.C.[4]

Other versions
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References
  1. Herder, Ronald (October 1998). 500 Best-Loved Song Lyrics. Courier Dover Publications. p. 1. ISBN 0-486-29725-X.
  2. "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 467. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  4. Reynolds, Debbie (2013). Unsinkable: A Memoir. HarperCollins Publishers. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-06-221365-5.
  5. Maurer, Joan Howard; Jeff Lenburg; Norman Maurer; Greg Lenburg (1985). The Three Stooges Scrapbook. Citadel Press. p. 187. ISBN 0-8065-0946-5.
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