The Monkeys Have No Tails

	This is a relic of the Spanish-American War and the subsequent Philippine "Insurrection" at the turn of the 20th Century.  It is sung to the melody known on college campuses as "They Had to Carry Harry to the Ferry."

Oh, the caribous have no hair in Merivales.
Oh, the caribous have no hair in Merivales.
Oh, the caribous have no hair.
That's the reason they are bare.
Oh, the caribous have no hair in Merivales.

Oh, the kiddies wear no pants in Mindanao.
Oh, the kiddies wear no pants in Mindanao.
Oh, the kiddies wear no pants.
They were eaten off by ants.
Oh, the kiddies wear no pants in Mindanao.

Oh, the ladies wear no teddies in Manila.
Oh, the ladies wear no teddies in Manila.
Oh, the ladies wear no teddies.
So they call them ever-readies.
Oh, the ladies wear no teddies in Manila.

Oh, the monkeys have no tails in old Luzon.
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in old Luzon.
Oh, the monkeys have no tails.
They were bitten off by whales.
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in old Luzon.

Oh, the women get no tail in Zamboanga.
Oh, the women get no tail in Zamboanga.
Oh, the women get no tail
For their husbands are in jail.
Oh, the women get no tail in Zamboanga.

There's a virgin in Cebu, so they say.
There's a virgin in Cebu, so they say.
There's a virgin in Cebu, 
And today she is just two.
There's a virgin in Cebu, so they say.

	The stanzaic form is that of the "In Kansas" cycle, and certainly this screed may descend from that song.  It is included here, among the military songs, because 1) it is sung to an unrelated melody; and 2) its currency can be traced to the Phillipine occupation at the turn of the century.

	This in Number 3801 in the Gordon "Inferno," housed in the Archive of American Folk Culture, Library of Congress.  It was sent anonymously to Robert G. Gordon in 1931.
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