Lime in the Coconut

“Put a lime in the coconut and drink ’em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better“

It was New Year’s Eve 1972, and the radio was tuned to Casey Kasem’s countdown of Billboard’s Top 100 songs of the year. My sister, Kim, had the great idea to set up my new Christmas present, a cassette tape recorder with an external microphone, next to the radio, and record the entire 8-hour broadcast. 

This was not a high-quality audio endeavor. It was three siblings, me – a preteen, Scott and Kim – early teens, recording the soundtrack of our childhood. -An inexpensive recorder situated next to an equally inexpensive portable radio in a shared bedroom –  Ah, but how I would love to hear those cassettes now. Not for the music, but for everything else recorded in the eight precious hours: giggles, our dogs barking, side conversations, Kim reminding us to be quiet, possibly Mom and Dad’s voices, and the silliest songs of ’72 being sung off-key with my two best friends. 

As we are enveloped by matters of consequence in 2026, I wish for you glimpses of sweet memories.  Laughs. Giggles. Love. And time with those dearest to you.  I also pray that you allow 2026 to equally fill you with new laughs, giggles, love, and time with those dearest to you. Let’s make it a year worthy of remembering!

Happy New Year, my friends!

Kelly

Sing Along:

Coconut

Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
His sister had another one, she paid it for a lime
She put the lime in the coconut, she drank ’em both up

And put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor
Woke him up, said, “Doctor, ain’t there nothing I can take
I said, Doctor, to relieve this bellyache?
I said, Doctor, ain’t there nothin’ I can take
I said, Doctor…”

Now let me get this straight
You put the lime in the coconut, you drink ’em both up
Put the lime in the coconut, you drink ’em both up
Put a lime in the coconut, you drink ’em both up

Put the lime in the coconut, you such a silly woman
Put a lime in the coconut and drink ’em both together
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better
Put the lime in the coconut, drink ’em both down
Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning

Whoo-oo-oo-oo, ain’t there nothin’ you can take?
I say, whoo-oo-oo-oo, to relieve your bellyache?
You say, well, whoo-oo-oo-oo, ain’t there nothing I can take?
I say, whoo-oo, to relieve your bellyache?
You say, yeah, ain’t there nothin’ I can take?
I say, waah waah, to relieve this bellyache?

I say, “Doctor, ain’t there nothin’ I can take?”
I say, “Doctor, ain’t there nothing I can take?”
I say, “Doctor, ain’t there nothing I can take?”
I say, “Doctor…”

You’re such a silly woman
Put the lime in the coconut and drink them both together
Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better
Put the lime in the coconut, drink ’em both up
Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the mor-or-orning

Yes, you call me in the morning
If you call me in the morning, I’ll tell you what to do
If you call me in the morning, I’ll tell you what to do
If you call me in the morning, I’ll tell you what to do
If you call me in the morning, I’ll tell you what to do
Well, if you call me in the morning, I’ll tell you what to do

Troglodyte (Cave Man)

What we’re gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time.
When the only people that existed were troglodytes… 
Cave men, cave women, Neanderthal, troglodytes. 
Let’s take the average cave man at home, listening to his stereo. 
Sometimes he’d get up, try to do his thing. 
He’d begin to move, something like this,
“Dance…dance”. 

When he got tired of dancing alone, he’d look in the mirror,
“Gotta find a woman, gotta find a woman, gotta find a woman, gotta find a woman”. 
He’d go down to the lake where all the women would be swimming or washing clothes or something. 
He’d look around and just reach in and grab one. 
“Come here…come here”.
He’d grab her by the hair. 
You can’t do that today, fellas, ’cause it might come off. 
You’d have a piece of hair in your hand and she’d be swimming away from you (Ha, ha)

This one woman just lay there, wet and frightened. 
He said: “Move… Move”. 
She got up, she was a big woman, big woman. 
Her name was Bertha, Bertha Butt, she was one of the Butt sisters. 
He didn’t care. He looked up at her and said,
“Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me
Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me!”. 

She looked down on him.
She was ready to crush him, but she began to like him. 
She said, “I’ll sock it to ya, Daddy”. 
He said, “Wha?”. 
She said, “I’ll sock it to ya, Daddy”. 
You know what he said? He started it way back then
I wouldn’t lie to you
When she said, “I’ll sock it to ya, Daddy” 
He said “Right on! Right on! Hotpants! Hotpants! Ugh… Ugh… Ugh”.

Brand New Key

I rode my bicycle past your window last night
I roller-skated to your door at daylight
It almost seems like you’re avoiding me
I’m okay alone, but you’ve got something I need

Well, I’ve got a brand-new pair of roller skates
You’ve got a brand-new key
I think that we should get together
And try them on to see
I’ve been looking around a while
You’ve got something for me
Oh, I’ve got a brand-new pair of roller skates
You’ve got a brand-new key

I ride my bike, I roller-skate, don’t drive no car
Don’t go too fast, but I go pretty far
For somebody who don’t drive
I’ve been all around the world
Some people say I’ve done alright for a girl

Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

I asked your mother if you were at home
She said, yes, but you weren’t alone
Oh, sometimes I think that you’re avoiding me
I’m okay alone, but you’ve got something I need

Well, I’ve got a brand-new pair of roller skates
You’ve got a brand-new key
I think that we should get together
And try them on to see
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
Oh, I’ve got a brand-new pair of roller skates
You’ve got a brand-new key

My Ding-a-Ling

When I was a little bitty boy
My grandmother bought me a cute little toy
Silver bells hangin’ on a string
She told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling
I want you to play with my ding-a-ling
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling
I want you to play with my ding-a-ling

Mmm, and then mamma took me to grammar School
But I stopped off in the vestibule
Every time that bell would ring
Catch me playing with my ding-a-ling-a-ling

My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling
I want you to play with my ding-a-ling
My ding-a-ling, my ding-a-ling
I want you to play with my ding-a-ling