Monkey, Monkey, Draw the Beer

DESCRIPTION: "Monkey, Monkey, draw the beer (or "...bottle of beer"), How many monkeys are there here? Two, four, six, eight, Out goes my best mate." (Or "O-U-T spells out," or "One, two, three, you are he," or the like)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty animal drink
FOUND IN: US(So) New Zealand
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, pp. 97-98, "(Monkey, monkey, draw the beer)" (1 text)
Solomon-ZickaryZan, "Monkey, Monkey" (1 text)
Withers-EenieMeenieMinieMo, p. 11, "(Monkey, monkey, bottle of beer)" (1 text)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 129, "Monkey, monkey, bottle of beer" (1 text)
MidwestFolklore, W. L. McAtee, "Some Folklore of Grant County, Indiana, in the Nineties," Volume 1, Number 4 (WInter 1951), p. 255, "(Monkey, monkey, bottle of beer)" (1 text)
Roud #19289
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "One Two Three Four, Mary at the Cottage Door" ("O-U-T spells out" lyric) and references there
File: SuSm097M

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