The Animal Fair (hi-lo) Harmonica Tabs

19th C. minstrel song
Key: C
Time: 6/8

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I went to the an-i-mal fair

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All the birds and the beasts were there

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The big ba-boon, by the light of the moon

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Was comb-ing his au-burn hair

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The mon-key he got drunk

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He climbed up the el-e-phant’s trunk

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The el-e-phant sneezed

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And fell on his knees

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And that was the end of the

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Monk, the monk, the monk, the monk