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''She set up a yell.''<br> | ''She set up a yell.''<br> | ||
''The bridesmaid stuck on some court-plaster.''<br> | ''The bridesmaid stuck on some court-plaster.''<br> | ||
'It stuck so fast it couldn't stick faster.''<br> | ''It stuck so fast it couldn't stick faster.''<br> | ||
''Surely 'twas a sad disaster,''<br> | ''Surely 'twas a sad disaster,''<br> | ||
''But it soon got well.''<br> | ''But it soon got well.''<br> | ||
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MONKEY'S WEDDING. AKA - "The Monkey Married the Baboon's Sister." American, Canadian; Air, Reel. A 'monkey's wedding' is a term for a sunshower i.e. when it lightly rains but the sun shines through. "The Monkey's Wedding" is also a song. The opening stanza is from Carl Sandburg's American Songbag:
The monkey married the baboon's sister,
Gave her a ring and then he kissed her.
She set up a yell.
The bridesmaid stuck on some court-plaster.
It stuck so fast it couldn't stick faster.
Surely 'twas a sad disaster,
But it soon got well.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: RCA Victor LCP 1001, Ned Landry and his New Brunswick Lumberjacks - "Bowing the Strings with Ned Landry."
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]