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Effervescing Elephant

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1  An effervescing elephant   An Effervescing Elephant 1
2  With tiny eyes and great big trunk   with tiny eyes and great big trunk 2
3  Once whispered to the tiny ear   once whispered to the tiny ear 3
4  The ear of one inferior   the ear of one inferior 4
5                                                 that by next June he'd die, oh yeah! 5
6  That by next June he'd die, oh yeah!   because the tiger would roam.                  6
7  Because the tiger would roam       The little one said: "Oh my 7
8  The little one said, "Oh my goodness I must stay at home!                                     goodness I must stay at home! 8
9  And every time I hear a growl   and every time I hear a growl 9
  I'll know the tiger's on the prowl  I'll know the tiger's on the prowl
10  And I'll be really safe, you know   and I'll be really safe, you know 10
11  The elephant he told me so"   the elephant he told me so." 11
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  Everyone was nervy, oh yeah!  Everyone was nervy, oh yeah!
12  And the message was spread   and the message was spread 12
13  To zebra, mongoose, and the dirty hippopotamus   to zebra, mongoose, and the dirty hippopotamus 13
14  Who wallowed in the mud and chewed   who wallowed in the mud and chewed 14
15  His spicy hippo-plankton food   his spicy hippo-plankton food 15
16  And tended to ignore the word   and tended to ignore the word 16
17  Preferring to survey a herd   preferring to survey a herd 17
18                                          of stupid water bison, oh yeah! 18
19  Of stupid water bison, oh yeah!   And all the jungle took fright, 19
20  And                   all the jungle took fright           and ran around for all the day and the night- 20
21  And ran around for all the day and the night   but                   all in vain, because, you see, 21
22  But all in vain, because, you see   the tiger came and said: "Who me?! 22
23  The tiger came and said, "Who me?             You know, I wouldn't hurt not one of you. 23
2  You know, I wouldn't hurt not one of you   2
  I'd much prefer something to chew  I'd much prefer something to chew
24  And you're all to scant oh yeah!"   and you're all too scant." oh yeah! 24
25  He ate the elephant   He ate the Elephant 25
      


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