Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom     

 by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault 

 Illustrated by Lois Ehlert 

A told B, and B told C,

“I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.”

“Whee!” Said D to E, F, G, “I’ll beat you to the top of the coconut tree.”

Chicka chicka boom boom!

Will there be enough room?

Here comes H up the coconut tree,

And I and J

And tag-along K,

All on their way up the coconut tree.

Chicka chicka boom boom!

Will there be enough room?

Look who’s coming!

L M N O P!

And Q R S! 

And T U V!

Still more - W!

And X Y Z!

The whole alphabet up the - OH, no!

Chicka chicka boom boom!

Skit skat skoodle doot,

Flip flop flee,

Everybody running to the coconut tree,

Mamas and papas 

and uncles and aunts

hug their little dears, 

then dust their pants. 

“Help us up,” cried A B C.

Next from the pileup skinned-knee D and stubbed-toe E and patched-up F.

then comes G, 

all out of breath.

H is tangled up with I.

J and K are about to cry.

L is knotted like a tie.

M is looped.

N is stooped.

O is twisted alley-top.

Skit skat skoodle doot.

Flip flop flee. 

Look who’s coming!

It’s black-eyed P Q R S and loose-tooth T. 

Then U V W wiggle-jiggle free. 

Last to come X Y Z 

And the sun goes down on the coconut tree…

But- 

Chicka chicka boom boom!

Look, there’s a full moon.

A is out of bed, 

And this is what he said, 

“Dare double dare, you can’t catch me. I’ll beat you to the top of the coconut tree.”

Chicka chicka boom boom!

- The End -