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Animal Fair is a traditional folk song and children's song. As early as 1898, it is attested as being sung by American sailors.〔(''The Chicago Record's War Stories'', p.98 )〕 The song was attested in ''Life'' magazine in 1941 as a cadence of soft shoe tap dancing.〔(Lincoln Barnett, "Fred Astaire", ''Life'' magazine, August 25, 1941 )〕 ==Lyrics== The version attested in 1898 has the following lyrics:〔 :I went to the animal fair, :The birds and the beasts were there, :The old baboon by the light of the moon :Was combing his auburn hair :The monkey he got drunk :And fell on the elephant's trunk :The elephant sneezed and went down on his knees :And that was the end of the monkey monkey monkey monk... Other versions substituted "the old baboon" (1915)〔(Frank Hobart Cheley, G. Cornelius Baker, ''Camp and outing activities'' )〕 for "the little baboon", while modern recordings use "the big baboon". The Barney and Captain Kangaroo versions changed other lyrics as well. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Animal Fair (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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