A monkey may look like a man But still a monkey ain't A homely girl may look real cute Behind a coat of paint Don't let the outside surface Mean anything to you My father was a traveling man That's how I know it's true It's hard to tell the depth of a well By the length of the handle on the pump It's hard to gage a camel's age By the curl of the hair upon his hump A girlie who may promise to be true To you may be true to you and who knows who, do you? It's hard to tell the depth of a well By the length of the handle on the pump