Song Name: | Animal Fair (hi-lo) | By: | Trad. children\'s song |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | A | Genre: | Children |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2010-12-30 13:12:38 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | ANIMAL FAIR hi-lo
Traditional children�s song Key: A 6/8 time 2 3 3 3 -3�-3�2 3 5 6 6 6 -6 -6 5 6 I went to the An-i-mal Fair 3 4 4 -3 3 -2� 6 7 7 -7 6 -5 The birds and beasts were there 3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 The big ba-boon by the light of the moon -3� 3 3 3 -3� -2� 2 -6 6 6 6 -6 -5 5 Was comb-ing his au-burn hair 2 3 3 -3� 2 3 5 6 6 -6 5 6 The mon-key he got drunk 2 3 3 3 -3�-3� 2 -2� 5 6 6 6 -6 -6 5 -5 And sat on the el-e-phant's trunk 3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 6 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 The el-e-phant sneezed and fell on his knees -3� 3 3 3 -3�-3 4 -6 6 6 6 -6 -7 7 And what be-came of the monk 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 The monk, the monk, the monk, Said a flea to a fly in a flue Said the flea "Oh what shall we do?" Said the fly, "Let us flee!"; said the flea, "Let us fly!" So they flew through a flaw in the flue I went to the Animal Fair The birds and the beasts were there The big baboon by the light of the moon Was combing his auburn hair You should have seen the monk He sat 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, the monk, The monk, the monk, the monk? |