1950's version of "RAP" Syncopated Monkey.

[Ed Hake]

I remember in the early 50’s one of the crowd pleasing thing’s to do
was to be skilled enough to "Rap" all the verses of :

Syncopated Monkey

Dangerous Dan McGrew (supposedly based on a true life Alaska event)

Little Nash Rambler (this became later a shortened version called
"Beep Beep")

…These were not simple little verses they were maybe 5-10
minutes long and as you can tell I was never skilled enough to "Rap"
them and was always amazed when I would see it performed…

…Does anyone have the words to any of these … or was I the
only person dazzled…

Ed Hake be...@centercomp.com

[Paul M. Gifford]

In article <333dde0f...@news.e-z.net> be...@centercomp.com (Ed Hake) writes:

>I remember in the early 50’s one of the crowd pleasing thing’s to do
>was to be skilled enough to "Rap" all the verses of :

...

>Dangerous Dan McGrew (supposedly based on a true life Alaska event)

...

> …These were not simple little verses they were maybe 5-10
>minutes long and as you can tell I was never skilled enough to "Rap"
>them and was always amazed when I would see it performed…

> …Does anyone have the words to any of these … or was I the
>only person dazzled…

Well, here's a version of Dangerous Dan----or at least some opening lines:

From out of the night that was black as a bitch
And into the dim-lit hole
There staggered a prick from up the crick
With a rusty old slug in his pole.

On second thought-----this is a G-rated group...

Paul Gifford

[longt...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, March 30, 1997 4:00:00 AM UTC-4, Ed Hake wrote:
> I remember in the early 50’s one of the crowd pleasing thing’s to do
> was to be skilled enough to "Rap" all the verses of :
>

> Syncopated Monkey

>
> Dangerous Dan McGrew (supposedly based on a true life Alaska event)
>

> Little Nash Rambler (this became later a shortened version called
> "Beep Beep")
>
>

> …These were not simple little verses they were maybe 5-10
> minutes long and as you can tell I was never skilled enough to "Rap"
> them and was always amazed when I would see it performed…
>
> …Does anyone have the words to any of these … or was I the
> only person dazzled…
>

> Ed Hake be...@centercomp.com


I heard that in 1968 in Vietnam from a Southerner. Don't remember the words, just remember listening to it entranced. There was a rhythm to it that made you want to move in time with the words.

Wow. I've asked people if they have ever heard it but nobody has.

[pyne.g...@gmail.com]

Ed I would also like to find the words to the syncopated monkey my dad used to quote it to us years ago and wish I would have had it written down. Thx Greg Pyne

[stowe...@gmail.com]

On Sunday, March 30, 1997 at 4:00:00 AM UTC-4, Ed Hake wrote:
> I remember in the early 50's one of the crowd pleasing thing's to do
> was to be skilled enough to "Rap" all the verses of :
>
> Syncopated Monkey
>
> Dangerous Dan McGrew (supposedly based on a true life Alaska event)
>
> Little Nash Rambler (this became later a shortened version called
> "Beep Beep")
>
>

> ...These were not simple little verses they were maybe 5-10

> minutes long and as you can tell I was never skilled enough to "Rap"

> them and was always amazed when I would see it performed...
>
> ...Does anyone have the words to any of these ... or was I the
> only person dazzled...
>
> Ed Hake be...@centercomp.com

http://www.en.utexas.edu/Classes/Bremen/e316k/texts/monkey.html

[Low...@ao1.com]

Yeah, I heard "The Signifying Monkey" in jail in the early 1960s.

There's also "Sinbad The Sailor", from the streets of Brooklyn.

Wish I had some good recordings of these...