Phrases and Sayings

[etbombhead]

Can anyone tell me where the phrase "Slowly, slowly, catchee monkey" comes from?
Thanks in Advance

[Quizmonster]

It's usually spoken as if someone, perhaps Chinese, is speaking pidgin English, having first appeared in print in a book of quotations published in 1907.
It is just a proverbial phrase recommending caution and the gentle approach as the best way to achieve an objective.

[Quizmonster]

I should have added above that it usually appears as 'softlee, softlee' rather than 'slowly, slowly'.

[kempie]

...from which the title of the popular 60s police drama originates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softly,_Softly_(T V_series)