Hello Mr. Monkey

hello, hello mister monkey.
you're still so fast and funky.
hello, hello mister monkey.
you should have been a clown.
once he was so famous,
that little old clown.
everybody used to know his name.
now he's a nameless but happy old guy.
the children laugh if only he goes by,
when the sun is shining,
he goes to the park,
climbs the empty bandstand on the green.
doing for me children his famous routine,
so they still laugh when slowly he walks home.