Aehof Jim The Monkey Lyrics

Jim The Monkey Lyrics

Oh I had a monkey,

Who's name, it was Jim.

Only problem was he like
to

Drink loads of vodka and gin.



Well, it all began at the
circus,

When Jim the monkey was but a lad.

His trainer gave him a
whiskey

And from that day in he was had.



Jim drank three
pints a day then,

I didn't know where to begin.

So I took all of
his tonic and water

And chucked away all his gin.



Well, from
that day forth I saw nothing

(At least for two years and one day)

And then when I opened the front door

I thought that the milkman was
gay.



Well, I looked down on the ground then,

And saw
something by the side of the door.

I turned the corner and what did I
see

But Jim's small and furry paw.



I picked him up, carried
him inside

Where I lay him down on the setee.

And there sat me and
my poor Jimmy,

Him curled up on my knee.



We spent the whole
evening together

Talking about the good old days.

Jim told me of
his struggle with drugs

And how he'd turned back to his old ways.



And he passed away in my arms then,

On that cold winters
night.

Poor little chap on vodka and gin

Couldn't keep up the good
fight.



He is in a better place now,

With monkeys and vodka
and gin.

In a place they like to call heaven

(In Jim's case a box
in a bin)



I spend the long nights by myself now

Where cold
and hunger eat away within.

Now I've finished the vodka,

I think
I'll start on the gin.