“The Monkey's Wedding”

Description

"The monkey married the baboon's sister, Gave her a ring and then he kissed her, He kissed so hard he raised a blister, She set up a yell." Verses, often nonsensical, about the proceedings at the wedding

Supplemental text

Monkey's Wedding, The
  Partial text(s)

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From Eloise Hubbard Linscott, Folk Songs of Old New England, pp. 241-243.
"Sung by Mrs Jennie Hardy Linscott of Waldboro, Maine."

The monkey married the baboon's sister,
Smacked his lips and then he kissed her,
Kissed so hard he raised a blister,
She set up a yell;
The bridesmaid put on a stickin' plaster,
Stuck so hard couldn't stick any faster.
Wasn't that a sad disaster?
But it soon got well.

(2 additional stanzas)

Notes

Linscott lists this as being sung to "The Drunken Sailor," and it will fit that tune -- but her tune is not quite the usual "Drunken Sailor." - RBW

References

1. BrownIII 181, "The Monkey Married the Baboon's Sister" (1 short text plus 2 excerpts)
2. Gardner/Chickering 197, "The Monkey's Wedding" (1 text)
3. Linscott, pp. 241-243, "The Monkey's Wedding" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. Sandburg, p. 113, "The Monkey's Wedding" (1 text, 1 tune)
5. Scarborough-NegroFS, p. 180, (no title) (1 text)
6. Spaeth-ReadWeep, pp. 68-69, [no title] (1 text, 1 tune)
7. Gilbert, p. 114, [no title] (1 text)
8. ST San113 (Partial)
9. Roud #3123
10. BI, San113