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AUTONOMOUS STATUS - CHED
Soc. Sci. 415 (Humanities)
Christian B. Barrientos
MAT SocSci Student
DA COCONUT NUT
DA COCONUT NUT
by: Smokey Mountain
The coconut nut is a giant nut
If you eat too much, you'll get very fat
Now, the coconut nut is a big, big nut
But it's delicious nut is not a nut
It's the coco fruit (it's the coco fruit)
Of the coco tree (of the coco tree)
From the coco palm family
There are so many uses of the coconut
tree
You can build a big house for the family
All you need is to find a coconut man
If he catch the tree, he gets the fruit free
It's the coco fruit (it's the coco fruit)
Of the coco tree (of the coco tree)
From the coco palm family
The coconut bark for the kitchen floor
If you save some of it, you can build the
door
Now, the coconut trunk, do not throw this
junk
If you save some of it, you'll have the
second floor
Dr. Vima A. Olivares
Professor
The coconut wood is very good
It can stand 20 years if you create wood
Now, the coconut fruit, to tell you the truth
You can throw it or use it as firewood
The coconut leaves could shade it gives
For the roof, for the walls up against the
eaves
Now, the coconut fruit, say my relatives
Make good cannonballs up against the eaves
It's the coco fruit (it's the coco fruit)
Of the coco tree (of the coco tree)
From the coco palm family
The coconut nut is a giant nut
If you eat too much, you'll get very fat
Now, the coconut nut is a big, big nut
But it's delicious nut is not a nut
It's the coco fruit (it's the coco fruit)
Of the coco tree (of the coco tree)
From the coco palm family
It's the coco fruit (it's the coco fruit)
Of the coco tree (of the coco tree)
From the coco palm family
It's the coco fruit (it's the coco fruit)
Of the coco tree (of the coco tree)
From the coco palm family
Ole!
RYAN CAYABYAB: THE LIFE OF AN ARTIST

Ryan Cayabyab is a Filipino musician, composer and conductor; he was

Executive and Artistic Director for several years of the defunct San Miguel
Foundation for the Performing Arts. He was named a National Artist of the
Philippines in 2018.
Born: 4 May 1954 (age 64 years), Manila
Awards: Awit Award for Best Musical Arrangement, MORE
Albums: Ryan cayabyab one, Great Original Pilipino Music, MORE
Education: University of the Philippines, MORE
Genres: Classical music, Manila Sound, Jazz, Adult contemporary music

ALL ABOUT THE “DA COCONUT NUT”

You wake up one day and a song you wrote nearly 30 years ago has
10M+ views on the internet in three days. Whut?! I am talking about the Baylor
University Men's Choir of Texas performing the song after they ride an
Emirates Airlines flight from Kenya back to Texas. The BUMC has been singing
this song since 2010.
It is ripe for its time. If you google The Coconut Song or Da Coconut Nut
on You Tube you will see that it has been, through the years, gaining traction
with many versions. For example, this particular "lyric version" posted in
September 2010 has 16M views. The music was taken from the CD Great
Original Pilipino Music by Ryan Cayabyab performed and recorded by the San
Miguel Master Chorale sometime in 2004.
Watch this:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video…
So many 'versions' of this lyric version has sprouted - like a 50% faster or
200% faster version. Nakakaaliw!
This one below is a Moana version:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/…/video;_ylt=AwrTHRnIqHVZu1I…
And so forth and so on...
Of course many of you know that I wrote the song for The Smokey
Mountain (Geneva, Tony, Jeffrey, James) and (James, Chedi, Zhar, Jayson)
(Jayson, Chedi, James, Anna). It was a novelty song wherein I channeled
master songwriter Yoyoy Villame's spirit and style. And I rejoice because many
of the comments I have read attribute the song to Mr. Villame. I am honored!
Some friends have asked, "how did this American choir learn about the
song?".
In June of 2008, an American conductor and arranger based in Japan,
Randy Stenson got in touch with me (through common friend, choral
conductor Dr. Joel Navarro) He narrated that he heard the song performed by
an adult SATB choir in Hawaii and that he was interested in doing a TTBB
adaptation of this particular SATB arrangement. The SATB locally printed
version run out of stock and I no longer had it reprinted.
Mr. Stenson was able to convince Barbara Harlow, the president of Santa
Barbara Music Publishing of California (SBMPC) to contact me and have the
sheet music of the arrangement published, under his choral series.
They were able to perform this song together with the other songs in
SBMPC's catalogue in the American Choral Directors National Convention
sometime after the deal got through in July of 2008, and this got the version
going. Hence, its popularity with select American choirs.
In my concert tours with the Ryan Cayabyab Singers, I usually introduce
Da Coconut Nut as the most popular song I had written, based on the
accumulated views of over many dozens of versions found on the internet.
I still grin when I tell the audience that I was given a special award by
the Philippine Coconut Authority for writing the song. Hehehehehehe.

-Ryan Cayabyab

DA COCONUT NUT: HISTORY

“Of course many of you know that I wrote the song for The Smokey
Mountain (Geneva, Tony, Jeffrey, James) and (James, Chedi, Zhar, Jayson)
(Jayson, Chedi, James, Anna). It was a novelty song wherein I channeled
master songwriter Yoyoy Villame's spirit and style. And I rejoice because many
of the comments I have read attribute the song to Mr. Villame. I am honored!”
– RC

DA COCONUT NUT: PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT

According to the director-conductor of Baylor University Men’s Choir,

Randoll Bradley, “I think the song has become the favorite of Baylor’s Men’s
Choir because this song is a great song. It’s funny. It’s humorous. It’s catchy,
people want to hear it. They also love the action.”

REFLECTION

A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, usually performed for

comedic or humorous effect. We, Filipinos are known for being lively and for
being always positive or happy despite all the problems we are facing. So, this
song depicts us for who we are. We are flexible just like the coconut and just
like a novelty song, we give impact that people cannot easily forget.
References:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9UBkZKqX08
https://www.facebook.com/myran.etorsa/posts/1354927354622202