written by Warren Zevon c. 1987 Zevon Music BMI. Mzungu Arudi Ulaya Mwa Frika Apate Uhuru. (whites go back to Europe Freedom for Africa). Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Down in Kenya where the Masai roam. And the grass grows tall on the veldt. In our old colonial home. We drank our bitters while the empire fell. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. One day the Mau Mau came. All we had was lost. In our old colonial home. Under the Southern Cross. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Down in Kenya where the Masai roam. And the grass grows tall on the veldt. In our old colonial home. We drank our bitters while the empire fell. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. The Mau Mau came in '52. The sun went down and we drew the drapes. In our old colonial home. We hid behind the Mau Mau gates. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone. Leave my monkey alone.