Nursery song

Somewhere out there in our Coronavirus ravaged land there are still little kiddies who need to be comforted with nursery rhymes.  Who better to do that than the Grands and the Great-Grands who comprise the major share of my audience.

So in this time of need, I contribute this little ditty that my father sang to my sisters and me when we were crawlers and toddlers.  The fact that I can still remember the words after almost a century proves that it still has legs (any tune you make up will work):

I went to the animal fair

The birds and the beasts were there

A big baboon by the light of the moon

Was combing his auburn hair

The monkey, he got drunk

Then fell on the elephant's trunk

The elephant sneezed

and fell to his knees

And that was the end of the 

Monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monk.

The second verse is just like the first verse and the third verse is just like the second verse so get out there, Pilgrims, and comfort those little modern-day creepers and wobblers.