I went to the animal fair, The birds and beasts were there. The big baboon by the light of the moon Was combing his auburn hair. The monkey he got drunk. He stepped 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. And that was the end of the monk. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FUNERAL TREE OF THE SOKOKIS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE SONG OF THE OLD MOTHER by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS TWO SONGS FROM THE PERSIAN: 2 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH MEADOW-SAFFRON by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE CONTRABAND by AVENELLE WILMETH BLAIR THE DRIED MILLPOND by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN AFTER HARVEST by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |