Animal Fair - Tex Ritter
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- I went to the animal fair,
The birds and the beasts were there,
The big baboon by the light of the moon,
Was combing his auburn hair,
The monkey lit some punks,
And burned the elephants trunk,
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees,
And that was the end of the monk,
The monk, the monk, the monk, the monk, the monk, the monk.
I went to the animal fair,
The birds and the beasts were there,
A Kangaroo from Kalamazoo,
Sat down in a rocking chair,
The monkey sat ker-plunk,
Right on the elephants trunk,
The elephant coughed and fell in the trough,
And that was the end of the monk,
The monk, the monk, the monk, the monk, the monk, the monk.
I went to the animal show,
Where all the animals go,
A tall giraffe was making me laugh,
A' yellin' look out below,
The monkey pulled a chunk,
Of hair from the elephans trunk,
The elephant snored, fell down on the floor,
And that was the end of the monk,
The monk, the monk, the monk, the monk, the monk, the monk.
I went to the animal park,
And the beasts from Noah's ark,
Had gathered all and were havin' a ball,
One day when the moon was dark,
They met in a barry place,
And drank pink lemonade,
They laughed and talked and hooted and squawked,
And here is the sound they made,
They made, they made, they made, they made, they made, they made.
(Animal Noises)
I went to the animal zoo,
To call on a gnu i knew,
For the gnu i knew was new,
And knew all the news on the avenue,
The gnu said how do you do,
And i said how are you,
Eww i got the flu,
Ka-choo, Ka-choo, Ka-choo, Ka-choo, Ka-choo, Ka-choo, Ka-choo.
My mom sang this to me as a little girl. I never knew more than the 1st verse. We came full circle when I sang it to her when she was in hospice.
That's exactly what brought me to this song today. XO
Anne, same here. Except for the hospice part…my mom died when I was 20, and now I’m 63. But I remember her singing this to me as though it were yesterday.
you still don't know the words if you go by the closed captions
and here I thought my dad made up these lyrics! So happy to see it on RUclips! Thanks for posting!
You're very welcome!!
My sister and I listened to this Tex Ritter song on our little record player when we were little and loved it. I'm 67 now and she's 70! Thank you for posting it and taking me back!
My Brother and me too.. on a 78 rpm shellac record in about 1950. We had the album, "Songs for Children"
This song just popped into my head, particularly the part about the monkey getting drunk and sitting on the elephant's trunk. No one else in the room remembered the song, but here it is! Someone sang this to me when I was little. Maybe my grandpa?? Grandma? I'm 40 so I think it was one of them. So fun to find it here! How funny that I randomly remembered it. Love all these comments!!
The monkey, he got drunk, and slid down the elephant's trunk. The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees and what became of the monk, the monk, the monk? He flew so high, he touched the sky and didn't come down till the fourth of July.
That's one verse my mother sang to us back in the forties.
My mom used to sing it to me and I sing it to my kids. Never knew more than the first verse before this
We always sang.. the monkey went kerplunk and fell on the elephant's trunk, the elephant sneezed and fell on his knees, and that was the end of the monk, the monk, the monk
The first part of this song was running through my head, driving me nuts. Thank you for having this on RUclips!!
Me too I'll be 72 next week.
a kangaroo from Kalamazoo. love it! who better to sing this than the great Tex Ritter?
Yea, I never knew there were more verses than the first
Listening with a happy heart
I grew up hearing my Mimi and papa singing this to me and my birth mom had a record with that song.. Sincerely from the bottom of my heart thanks for posting this it made me cry. And now my husband doesn't think that I'm crazy thank you a million times
I never gnu this version!
Okay, this version is so much more fun than the shortened version I heard in preschool
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Oh my word! Reminds me of my grandma from 1960’s or before!
I remember singing this in grade school long ago. It was in our song book - I wish I had a copy of that book!
My dad never did sing me the whole song!
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mu dad sang this to me when i was little always felt sorry for the monkey
...the monk, the monk, the monk, the monk, the monk
Wow! I had no idea these were the real lyrics! I always thought it was "The monkey, he got drunk"!
Cat Defender that's what my Dad sang to me!
This is from an album of children's music (specifically aimed at children) and features new lyrics written by Foster Carling. Somebody likely decided that the traditional lyrics weren't as child-friendly. They did a similar thing with "Big Rock Candy Mountain".
I listened to the up to date version. I do recall my mother also saying the monkey he got drunk. Anyhow I got a big chuckle out of the song . Memories.
Definitely "The monkey, he got drunk. And sat on the elephant's trunk."
That is the original version dude, from 1897, this is just to be more for children and allowed to be released
Never heard this version. I’m guessing it’s the real deal. My kids and I listened to half a dozen until we found this one. Love it!
This song was sung to me many many years ago. It was a little different then what I remembered but it's still a funny song that I sing to the kids that I provide care for my way that is
My grandfather would sing this to me.
woody woodpecker
Yep, the best version.
Wow my grandma sing this to me when I was little
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Oh my goodness. My Mom sang this to me all the time using my name and my brother's name instead of animals name.
Anyone else here from Don't Escape 4? Cody sings this song sometimes.
“Yo the elephant farted and that’s how it started”
I love the old classics!
love how all the sfx are the same for the elephant falling - I didn't know that it sounded like 5 folding metal chairs when Elephants fell? - LOL - but still, gotta love it
lol
this song calms me down for some reason haha i love it
I have this from the 40's on 78 RPM - was my dad's when he was a kid - he is 74 now :-)
It's a great little song.
I still have my album.. One of my childhood treasures.
My wifes grandfather used to sing this to her father when he was a kid. I believe the origins of the song might actually have been pre-1920's.
My dad would sing this song to me I have never in my life heard it anywhere else and never knew its true origin. When my dad sang it to me he said "the funniest was the monk, he sat on the elephants trunk, the elephant sneezed and fell to his knees"..... I was born in 74 and my dad was in the Navy. So where he first heard it, I will never know.
My grandma used to sing this to us as children. The monkey was always drunk in her version and stepping on the elephants trunk.. and it was the birds and the buzzards... "the elephant sneezed and fell on his knees!!"...she's the best.
Dubique
I like it.
Woody Woodpecker.
@MihaiChetreanu17 I would love to see Looney Tunes. They were good.
Sounds like Obama's theme song
Fuck off
Ha! That's awesome!