ID: 1558
Date: 1910 - 1930s
Title: Pounds, shillings
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Fun 
Rhyme: 

Pounds, shillings and pence,
The monkey jumped the fence;
He went so high, he reached the sky,
Pounds, shillings and pence.

(Collingwood, 1910 (Sutton-Smith, 1959:74))

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Pounds, shillings and pence,
The elephant jumped the fence,
Sat on a lady,
Who squashed out a baby,
Pounds, shillings and pence.

(Blenheim, 1930s)

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Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 3 
Incidence: 2