Animal Fair

Song Lyrics & Words

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 bumped the skunk,
And sat on the elephant's trunk;
The elephant sneezed and fell to his knees,
And that was the end of the monk!

The monk!

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Alternative Lyrics & Words

A very funny version goes like this

The monkey he got drunk,
and sat on the elephant's trunk.
The elephant sneezed
and fell on his knees
and that's what became of the monk

Money and Elephant version

I went to the Animal Fair,
The birds and the bees were there,
The hairy Baboon by the light of the moon,
Was combing his golden hair,
The monkey fell out of his bunk,
Slid down the elephants trunk,
Weeeeeeeeeeeee,
And what became of the Monkey...Monkey....Monkey!!

Another version goes like this

(First Verse)

Said a flee to a fly in a flue,
Said the flee "Oh, what shall we do?"
Said the fly "Let us flee,"
Said the flee "Let us fly,"
So the flew through a flaw in the flue.

(Repeat First Verse)

A longer version goes like this

It was at the animal's fair
the fox and the geese were there
The grey baboon by the light of the moon
combed his silvery hair
The monkey, he got drunk
He fell on the elephant's trunk
The elephant SNEEZED
and went down on his knees
and that was the end
of the monk, monk, monk!

Additional Line

You should have seen the monk;
He climbed up the elephant's truck.

One with kids at Animal Fair

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 climbed up the elephant's trunk,
The elephant sneezed,
And fell to his knees.
And that was the end of the monk, the monk, the monk.

The animal fair, the animal fair,
We had such fun when we were there.
There never was a fair to compare
With the rollicking frolicking animal fair.


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There is a cool little book with pop-up pages and such based on this song.

You can see it on the Amazon site at:
Animal Fair: A Spectacular Pop-Up

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Comments (1)

By Jeanne in Orlando Fl Usa on 24 August 2009

Mydad used to sing us a similar song when we were little... the words are a bit different but the same melody and after having my son recently I was astonished to see a version of it in a childrens book of music. My dad's version : I went to the county fair...the birds and the bees were there...the big baboon, by the light of the moon was combing his grizzly hair...the monkey he got drunk...climbed up the elephants trunk.....

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