Monkey did the shimmy? Wine Day

In honor of National Wine Drinking Day (FB said so) and new questions for old things, I’m wondering…

Did yall used to sing this when you were little?

Once upon a time
a Goose drank wine
the Monkey did the shimmy

on the streetcar line
the line broke
the Monkey got choked
and they all went to heaven ‘cept the Billy Goat

Tonight as I was saying this rhyme, I thought “the Monkey got choked huh? After doing the shimmy? Hmmm” I hope this isn’t a hidden meaning. I know in England as a kid, adults called children monkeys as a term of endearment. But here in the states, calling a black or brown child a “little monkey” is not sweet and carries racial undertones.

Hopefully the same is not true for this song I’ve been singing all my life.

And no, I didn’t actually drink any wine. I thought about it and my body said “I KNOW you lying” so instead, I had organic non-gmo cranberry juice cut with apple juice & no sugar added.

It was red, and the juice of fruit, so it’s like wines chill cousin. Close enough.