Animal Fair (song)
Animal Fair (Roud 4582) is a traditional folk song and children's song. It was sung by minstrels and sailors as early as 1898. The song was referred to in ''Life'' magazine in 1941 as a cadence of soft shoe tap dancing. Lyrics The 1897 version has the following lyrics: :I went to the animal fair, :The birds and the beasts were there; :The little baboon by the light of the moon :Was combing his auburn hair. :The monkey he got drunk, :And sat on the elephant's trunk, :The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees :And that was the end of the monk. Other versions substituted "the old raccoon" (1914) for "the little raccoon", while modern recordings use "the big baboon". "The monkey he got drunk" is sometimes changed to "The monkey fell out of his bunk", "The monkey bumped the skunk", "You ought to have seen the monk" or "You should have seen the monk", "the monkey jumped and jumped". The ''Barney & Friends'' and the Captain Kangaroo versions changed other lyrics as well. Some versions re ...
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