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From: peters@cubsvax.UUCP (Peter S. Shenkin)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Monkeys on one's back, musically
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Date: Thu, 19-Apr-84 10:25:24 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 19 10:25:24 1984
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The old white country blues -- originally by the Delmore Bros., I
believe, ca. 1940 -- called "Railroad Blues" contains the verse:

		Two little monkeys, settin' up in a tree
		Two little monkeys, settin' up in a tree
		One says to the other, come on let's-a make whoopie.

Also, I've heard a verse from a black blues of the same era that says:

		Monkey and a black girl settin' in the grass
		One say no and the other say yass...

{philabs,cmcl2!rocky2}!cubsvax!peters            Peter S. Shenkin 
Dept of Biol. Sci.;  Columbia Univ.;  New York, N. Y.  10027;  212-280-5517
"In accordance with the recent proclivity for clever mottos, this is mine."