Well I'll be a monkeys uncle
If that old King Kong
And the lizard Godzilla
Did not one day fall in love
It was the wildest looking of all affairs
One of the strangest scenes
With all of that burly bristley hair
Mixed with all that slimy green
They both met on the corner
In The Big Apple downtown
Amid all the screaming heebie jeebies
Of people running around
Between the two of course you knew
It would be love at first sight
And what love story isn't tragic
Without a few squished passersby...
I be a Monkeys Uncle.
Well I be " A monkeys uncle"
Is a phrase.
Often heard in the northern race.
Refers to a street musician, with a monkey.
He would say, he was it's uncle.
It collected all the cash.
In a sash.
While he played the barrel organ.
But one day it ran away.
Taking the money with him.
He gave it to the kids.
Who spent it on toffee gigs.
The musician all Arie.
Having no money to buy.
His beer and rye.
Grabbed him by the neck, by heck.
No longer be I.
A monkeys uncle.
It's a lie.
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