Bobby Bare
"The Monkey And The Elephant" lyrics

The Monkey And The Elephant

Well once the world was full of monkeys
A long time ago
And the elephants with the big long trunkies
A long time ago
And the elephants swam in the Zazafram Sea
And the monkey swung from the Zilibum tree
And life was silly as it could be
A long time ago

One day the elephant was feeling spunky
A long time ago
So he went to have a talk with the monkey
A long time ago
And the elephant said, oh Lordy me
I think I'm in love with the bumblebee
Do you think she's a little too little for me
A long time ago

Now the monkey said you're thinking like a donkey
A long time ago
Ah she's so small and you're sort a chunky
A long time ago
So sit right down upon my knee
I'll tell you why your love can never be
It's a physical imposibility
Any old time at all

Now the elephant's tears went plunkity plunky
A long time ago
Then he went home to pack his trunky
A long time ago
He said I see that bee was not for me
So he went and married a little gray flee
And they were happy as they could be
And they had children one, two, three
But if you wanna know how
Please don't ask me
It was a long long time ago