I got this directly from Jesse in 1966 when he played at a coffee house I helped to run in CT and he stayed at my house for a couple of days. He was truly a wonderful person.

MONKEY AND THE ENGINEER

Once upon a time there was an engineer, Drove a locomotive both far and near, Accompanied by a monkey that sat on a stool, Watching everything that the engineer do.

One day the engineer he want a bite to eat, Left the monkey settin' on the driver's seat, Monkey pulled the throttle, locomotive jumped the gun, Made 90 miles an hour down the mainline run.

CHO: Big locomotive comin' down the line, Big locomotive number 99, Big locomotive just in time, Left the engineer with a worried mind.

Engineer tried to get the dispatcher on the phone, Tell him all about his locomotive was gone, Get on the wire, say dispatcher do right, 'Cuz the monkey's got the mainline sewed up tight.

Head operator got the message on time, North bound train on the same mainline, Open up the switches, let the monkey in the hole, 'Cuz the monkey's got the locomotive under control.

Further down the road the monkey made a stop, Thought about the engineer blowin' his top. Get out of there you little son-of-a-gun, You'll never go again on a mainline run!

Enjoy, it's a fun song. Make sure you use kazoo on this one!

karen