Classic Poem

The monkey married the Baboon's sister,
Smacked her lips and then he kissed her;
He kissed her so hard he raised a blister,
She set up a yell.
The bridesmaid stuck on some court plaster,
It stuck so fast it couldn't stick faster;
Surely 'twas a bad disaster,
But it soon got well.

What do you think the bride was dressed in?
White gauze veil and a green glass breast pin,
Red kid shoes--she was quite interesting--
She was quite a belle.
The bridegroom swelled with a blue shirt collar,
Black silk stock that cost a dollar,
Large false whiskers, the fashion to follow;
He cut a monstrous swell.

What do you think they had for supper?
Black-eyed peas and bread and butter,
Ducks in the duckhouse all in a flutter,
Pickled oysters too;
Chestnuts raw and boiled and roasted,
Apples sliced and onions toasted,
Music in the corner posted,
Waiting for the cue.

What do you think was the tune they danced to?
"The Drunken Sailor" sometimes "Jim Crow,"
Tails in the way, and some got pinched, too,
'Cause they were too long.
What do you think they had for a fiddle?
An old banjo with a hole in the middle,
A tambourine made out of a riddle;
And that's the end of my song.