おサルが一匹 There was a monkey ：マザーグースの歌

　　おばあさんが一人　アップルをかじった
　　二つ食べたら　カップルさ

　　お馬が一頭　水車小屋へ走った
　　走ってる間は　止まっていないさ

　　肉屋さんが一人　親指を切った
　　キズがついたら　血が出てくるさ

　　使用人が一人　かけっこに出た
　　かけてる間は　走っているさ

　　靴屋さんが一人　靴を直した
　　靴が直れば　修理はおしまい

　　海軍が一師団　スペインへ出かけた
　　戻ってきたから　無事だったのさ

へんてこな因果関係を歌にしたもので、とても愉快です。言葉のつながりがちぐはぐでも、音のつながりがそれを帳消しにしてくれます。

There was a monkey climbed a tree – Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes

　　There was a monkey climbed a tree,
　　When he fell down, then down fell he.

　　There was a crow sat on a stone.
　　When he was gone, then there was none.

　　There was an old wife did eat an apple,
　　When she ate two, she ate a couple.

　　There was a horse going to the mill.
　　When he went on, he stood not still.

　　There was a butcher cut his thumb,
　　When it did bleed, then blood did come.

　　There was a lackey ran a race,
　　When he ran fast, he ran apace.

　　There was a cobbler clouting shoon,
　　When they were mended, they were done.

　　There was a navy went to Spain,
　　When it returned, it came again

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