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Mary's Dirty Little Monkey

I first thought that this was a great advertisement for soap that involves a monkey as a metaphor for ladyparts. It turns out that it is one of a series of cards about Mary and her monkey from a time when people had a sense of humor about sex.

You can see all of the excellent illustrations at the above link or read the whole poem below the fold.

(Via Silent Porn Star, which has a lot of great vintage risque (often NSFW) stuff. If you search for "wrestle" you'll see a great cartoon.)

1. Mary has a little Monkey, just as cute as it can be,

It was covered with the softest hair that ever you did see.

2. To keep it nice and clean was Mary's greatest hope,

So she washed her little Monkey with the best kind of soap.

3. The boys all like Mary, and like her Monkey too,

And when they play so nice with it, what can Mary do?

4. Once Mary's Monkey got real cold That filled her with alarm

So she bought some woolen pants For to keep her Monkey warm.

5. Mary went in swimming and she took her little pet.

A wave hit in the "Good Old Summer Time"

and she got her monkey wet.

6. Mary now is married and it keeps her on the jump,

And between the man and Mary, her Monkey has to hump.