ID: 107
Date: 1980s - 2006
Title: Tarzan the monkey man
Gender: Male 
Classification: Bawdy 
Rhyme: 

Tarzan the monkey man 
Swinging from a rubber band
Hit the sun, burnt his bum,
And that's the end of chapter one. 

(Whangarei, 1980s; Tauranga, 1980; Hawarden, 1990s; Christchurch, 1990s; Auckland, 2000; Hamilton, 2000; Rotorua, 2002; Gisborne, 2002; Greytown, 2002; Lumsden, 2003; Timaru,2006)

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Tarzan the monkey man 
Swinging from a rubber band,
Hit the door,
Went through the floor,
That's the end of chapter four.

(Timaru, 2006)

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Tarzan the monkey man,
Swinging from a rubber band,
Lost his shoe, done a poo 
And that's the end of chapter two, 
Hit the tree and did a wee (broke his knee)
And that's the end of chapter three, 
Hit the door, then the floor,
And that's the end of chapter four.

(Lower Hutt, 1990s; Rotorua, 2002; Oxford, 2003; Tauranga, 2003)

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Tarzan, monkey man,
Swinging on a rubber band,
He went so high,
And hit the sky,
And landed in a pig sty.

(Timaru, 1980s)

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Tarzan the monkey man,
Swinging on a rubber band, 
Hit a tree, broke his knee,
That's the end of chapter three.

(Lumsden, 2003)

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Tarzan the monkey man,
Swinging on a rubber band, 
Went to the loo, 
Did a poo,
That's the end of Chapter Two.

(Lumsden, 2003)

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Tarzan the monkey man,
Swinging on a rubber band, 
Lost his grip,
Fell on his bum,
That's the end of chapter one.

(Christchurch, 1990s)

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Tarzan the monkey man,
Swinging on a rubber band, 
Hit a tree, 
Did a pee
That's the end of chapter three.

(Auckland, 2000; Tapanui, 2003; Ashburton, 2006)

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Tarzan the monkey man,
He slips, he falls,
He's hanging by his balls.
They rip, they tear,
He doesn't really care.

(Auckland, 2000; Christchurch, 2003)

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Tarzan swings,
Tarzan falls,
Tarzan breaks his mar - balls.

(Gisborne, 1967)

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Tarzan swings,
Tarzan falls,
Jane hangs on to Tarzan's balls.
Now we know why Tarzan calls. 
A-a-a-a-a-a-h!

(Rangiora, 1970s)

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Background Info: Turner, 1978:129, records variations including: 

Tarzan, the monkey man,
Swinging from a 'lacca band,
Down comes Superman
And kicks him in the dunny-can.

(Melbourne, 1970-73)

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Lowenstein, 1974:40 records:

Tarzan swings, Tarzan falls,
Tarzan breaks his cast-iron balls.

(Geelong, 1938)

Tarzan swings, Tarzan falls,
Tarzan swings by the hair of his...
Don't be mistaken, don't be misled,
Tarzan swings by the hair of his head.
(Melbourne, 1973)

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Keywords: media culture, scatological 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 2 
Incidence: 27