Pounds, Shillings, and Pence

DESCRIPTION: "Pounds, shillings, and pence, The monkey jumped the fence. He went so high, he reached the sky, Pounds, shillings, and pence." Or, "I asked my mother for 15 cents, To see the elephant jump the fence... He didn't come back till the fourth of July"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1903 (Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren)
KEYWORDS: playparty animal money | monkey elephant fence
FOUND IN: New Zealand US Ireland
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 101, "(pounds, shillings and pence)" (1 text)
Abrahams-JumpRopeRhymes, #211, "I asked my mother for fifteen cents"; #472, "Pounds, shillings, and pence" (2 texts)
Brady-AllInAllIn, p. 56, "(Pounds, shillings, and pence)" (1 text)
Roud #22189
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Monkey, Monkey, Sitting on a Fence" (lyrics)
File: SuSm101B

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