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Bimbo the Monkey

Date 1967
Track ID 36734
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1967.144.A10

Original Tape ID

SA1967.144

Summary

A comic song describing real events of 1966-1967 when a monkey (later named 'Bimbo'), who had been captured for vivisection, managed to escape his handlers, and was on the loose in a large shed for seven months before being recaptured. He was spared by the order of a 'boss man'.

Bob Bertram's own composition, written in 1967.

Item Notes

5 verses of 4 lines. Bob Bertram's own composition, written in 1967.

Item Subject/Person

Bimbo The Monkey

Language

English

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair