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   luckylouie said, 4 months ago

   The poem actually goes, “You look like a monkey / You smell like one too.” Kids today don’t know the good stuff.
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   Tue Elung-Jensen said, 4 months ago

   Some things never change. Girls not wanting that kind of attention unless its from the right guy.
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   Thomas Scott Roberts said, 4 months ago

   @luckylouie

   Verily, the old traditional ballads oft have many variants.
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   johnzakour said, 4 months ago

   In my day, “you look like a monkey and act like one too…”
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   ghostkeeper said, 4 months ago

   I am reminded of a Beau Peep comic= “Face it, she isn’t interested in you!” “Oh? Oh? Whose drink did she stub her cigarette out in, eh? Whose drink?”
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   phritzg said, 4 months ago

   @johnzakour

   Uncommon name. You must know a fan of One Direction.
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   johnzakour said, 4 months ago

   Nope that’s all Scott.
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   Comic Minister said, 4 months ago

   I guess she’s happy now.
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   Redkaycei Repoc said, 4 months ago

   @johnzakour

   I believe that was the standard where I grew up although I have certainly heard all three variants here today.
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    lightenup said, 4 months ago

    @Redkaycei Repoc

    When I was growing up, it was “and you look like one too”. So that’s the one my kids and I sing to each other for our birthdays:
    
    Happy birthday to you
    You live in a zoo
    You smell like a monkey
    And you look like one too
    
    And then we laugh hysterically and loudly debate about who is the stinkiest. :-)
    (hey, I teach them all about many areas of culture… they also love The Andrews Sisters, MC Hammer, Patti Page, and Styx. We watch the Flintstones, Looney Tunes, I Love Lucy, Little House on the Prairie and The Cosby Show. Can’t say they aren’t “well-rounded” LOL!)
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    Lynnskay said, 4 months ago

    @luckylouie

    This is the one I’m familiar with, too. Although I have heard the “look like one too” in my later years.
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    Ather said, 4 months ago

    I learned:
    Happy birthday to you
    You belong in a zoo
    You look like a monkey
    And you act like one too
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    Thomas Scott Roberts said, 4 months ago

    @phritzg

    Yep. That I do.
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