Animal Fair, The

CHORUS
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

You should have seen the monk
He sat 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 monk,

Said a flea to a fly in a flue
Said the flea “Oh what shall we do?”
Said the fly, “Let us flee!”; said the flea, “Let us fly!”
So they flew through a flaw in the flue

Chorus

You should have seen the monk
He sat 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 monk,
The monk, the monk, the monk?

Alternate versions:
The monkey fell out of his bunk, (clap)
Slid down the elephant’s trunk, wheeeee
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees
And what became of the monkey, monkey, monkey…

The monkey bumped the skunk
And sat on the elephant’s trunk
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees
And that was the end of the monk, the monk
And that was the end of the monk

The monkey, he got drunk,
And fell on the elephant’s trunk,
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees,
And that was the end of the monk-ey, monk-ey, monk-ey…

I went to the animal zoo,
To see a gnu I knew
The gnu I knew would be gnew to you,
If you went to the animal zoo