Ah well see, she there's a feisty one. See how her wide eyes twinkle as she
flips up her skirt and hides her shy blushing grin.

Monkey in a palanquin.

Her trembling, a gasp? Well the jolt just jolts her too, she says.
Those screws in her head, gotta say, 're sure looking just a touch loose.

Ah well see, she there's a feisty one. She loves her magic medicine,
and if y'see her sweet smile bloom, it means she's gone latched on some new stranger.

Monkey in a palanquin.

Nothing gets through her skull, just her heart's running loose.
This here girl, see, this here monkey, see, moves swept by the handlers of her palanquin.

Monkey in a palanquin.

When she came to, nothing she could do. This here girl, without a single clue,
these here monkeys, swept away in their palanquins, all go overseas to get sold off in the market.