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Bobby Susser
1. The child/children may join in the chorus.
2. If the setting is appropriate and safe, the child/children may want to jump and dance like Matthew the monkey.
3. The child/children may draw a picture of a monkey and a red rocking chair.
4. The child/children may want to pantomime a monkey in the zoo who is happy to see an old friend visit them.
He looked in my eyes and waved at me
And then he jumped way up high
I thought as I watched now could this be
The one I saw last July
He swung on a bar from here to there
He clapped his hands in the air
Then he slowly walked and sat right there
In his great red rocking chair
Matthew the monkey
Matthew the monkey
No one else can rock that chair
No one else can sit right there
No one else has his name there
But Matthew the monkey
Matthew the monkey
Matthew the monkey
No one else can rock that chair
No one else can sit right there
No one else has his name there
But Matthew the monkey
He jumped and he danced
and smiled at me
He jumped and danced all around
I did believe he remembered me
He looked at me up and down
It’s great to see a friend somewhere
Someone who really cares
Someone you know who is always there
In his great red rocking chair
Matthew the monkey
Matthew the monkey
No one else can rock that chair
No one else can sit right there
No one else has his name there
But Matthew the monkey
Matthew the monkey
Matthew the monkey
No one else can rock that chair
No one else can sit right there
No one else has his name there
But Matthew the monkey
© Bobby Susser. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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