I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts

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song

"I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" is a popular novelty song from the late 1940s, best known for its whimsical lyrics and widespread success in recordings by artists including Merv Griffin.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts	0

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	song ⓘ
alsoCreditedTo	Harold Elton NERFINISHED ⓘ Irving King NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartSuccess	hit in the United Kingdom ⓘ hit in the United States ⓘ
composer	Fred Heatherton NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalUse	comic relief in films and television ⓘ
decade	1940s ⓘ
distributionFormat	78 rpm record ⓘ
firstPopularizedBy	Freddy Martin and His Orchestra featuring Merv Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublisher	Box and Cox Publications NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	novelty ⓘ popular music ⓘ
hasCatchphrase	“Roll-a-bowl-a-ball-a-penny-a-pitch” NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChorus	“I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts” ⓘ
hasForm	verse-chorus ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	later novelty songs ⓘ
hasTheme	light-hearted entertainment ⓘ
intendedAudience	general audience ⓘ
intendedEffect	humor ⓘ
isInPublicConsciousnessFor	memorable chorus ⓘ novelty appeal ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricalStyle	comic ⓘ whimsical ⓘ
lyricist	Fred Heatherton NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRecordingBy	Billy Cotton NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Freddy Martin and His Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Merv Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ The Muppets NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceStyle	sing-along ⓘ upbeat ⓘ
publicationDate	1944 ⓘ
releaseType	single ⓘ
setting	fairground ⓘ
songwriter	Fred Heatherton NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	coconut shy ⓘ
timePeriodOfPopularity	early 1950s ⓘ late 1940s ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext	music hall ⓘ variety shows ⓘ

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Merv Griffin → notableSong → I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts ⓘ