The Days of Swing
Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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I have never heard “monkey, monkey, bottle of beer”.
It’s a counting-out rhyme. I mean, obviously it’s a cousin of “eeny, meeny, miney, moe”. But this is the first time I’ve ever seen it.
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That old man is still menacing the dog in the background.Report
I assume the two boys snickering in the lower right corner and doing so because they can see under the little girl’s wind-blown dress.Report