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Thread #135448   Message #3991314
Posted By: GUEST,Tiny Tim
07-May-19 - 02:33 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Ain't It Great to Be Crazy: Vaudeville?
Subject: RE: Origins: Ain't it great to be crazy: vaudville?
In addition to some of the ones already posted, the version I heard as a child also had this somewhat darker verse:

I had a little monkey, and his name was Tiny Tim
I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim
First he drank the water, then he ate the soap
He died last night with a bubble in his throat