Somebody told me that it is a very old song with many variations...
-David
You made me curious about it. What I have found is that it is an old Western Swing song recorded for the first time in 1935 by Milton Brown. Is it an even older traditional song? (I couldn't find). As I have noticed in this case already (Le Vieux Soulard... for instance), the Cajuns have softened the lyrics and made a "chanson farce" out of it.
The oldest recorded version is here:
Hi Roger my friend,
Here are french lyrics. (I don't understand all the names)
Moi, j’veux dire (???), oh t’as mangé tous les fèves,
Tu vas r’sembler comme macaque quand tu s’ras vieux.
Hey, Adam, mange pas tous des bananes,
Tu vas r’sembler comme un macaque quand tu s’ras vieux.
Moi j’veux dire (???), que toi t’es moitié fou,
Tu vas r’sembler comme un macaque quand tu s’ras vieux.
Moi, j’peux dire (???), que toi t’es paresseux,
Tu vas r’sembler comme un macaque quand tu s’ras vieux.