<P> Chorus Oh, the carabao have no hair in Mindanao, Oh, the carabao have no hair in Mindanao, Oh, the carabao have no hair, Holy smoke! But they are bare, Oh, the carabao have no hair in Mindanao . Chorus Oh, the fishes wear no skirts in Iloilo, Oh, the fishes wear no skirts in Iloilo, Oh, the fishes wear no skirts, But they all have undershirts, Oh, the fishes wear no skirts in Iloilo . Chorus They grow potatoes small in Iloilo, They grow potatoes small in Iloilo, They grow potatoes small, And they eat them skins and all, They grow potatoes small in Iloilo . Chorus Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles, Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles, Oh, the birdies have no feet, They were burned off by the heat, Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles . Chorus Oh, we'll all go up to China in the spring time, Oh, we'll all go up to China in the spring time, Oh, we'll hop aboard a liner, I can think of nothing finer, Oh, we'll all go up to China in the spring time . Chorus Oh, we'll all go down to Shanghai in the fall, Oh, we'll all go down to Shanghai in the fall, Oh, we'll all get down to Shanghai, Those champagne corks will bang high, Oh, we'll all go down to Shanghai in the fall . Chorus Oh, we lived ten thousand years in old Chefoo . Oh, we lived ten thousand years in old Chefoo . And it didn't smell like roses, So we had to hold our noses, Oh, we lived ten thousand years in old Chefoo . </P> <P> Some verses were updated and sung by U.S. Army and Navy personnel and families in Manila, Philippines, and back in the States after World War II . The song mentions islands in the Philippine chain, attributing amusing or unflattering characteristics to their flora and fauna, and humans . As there are many islands, there are no doubt many more verses . Oh, the ladies wear no teddies in Manila, Oh, the ladies wear no teddies in Manila, Oh, the ladies wear no teddies, They're a bunch of ever - readies, Oh, the ladies wear no teddies in Manila . Oh, the men they wear no pants on Luzon, Oh, the men they wear no pants on Luzon, Oh, the men they wear no pants, They're afraid to miss a chance, Oh, the men they wear no pants on Luzon . </P> <Ul> <Li> Two jazz versions were recorded in 1939, as "The Monkeys Have No Tails in Pago Pago". By Abe Lyman 8 - 29 - 1939, (Bluebird 10321) and by the Milt Herth Trio 10 - 19 - 1939 (DECCA 2964A) </Li> <Li> Harry McClintock recorded a version under the title "Subic" on Haywire Mac, Cook Records, 1950 </Li> <Li> An orchestral version is the B - side of the film tie - in single of The High and the Mighty . </Li> <Li> Oscar Brand as "Zamboanga" on Sing - Along Bawdy Songs & Backroom Ballads (1956) and Every Inch a Sailor (1960), and on the compilation Four Albums of Military Song from Oscar Brand (2006) </Li> <Li> Sailorman Jack (cassette release, c. 1986) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Two jazz versions were recorded in 1939, as "The Monkeys Have No Tails in Pago Pago". By Abe Lyman 8 - 29 - 1939, (Bluebird 10321) and by the Milt Herth Trio 10 - 19 - 1939 (DECCA 2964A) </Li>

All the monkeys have no tails in zamboanga