I was taking compass bearings for the Ordinance SurveyOn an army training camp on Salisbury plain,I had packed up my theodolite, was calling it a day,When I heard a voice that sang...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Flanders & Swann
Peek-a-Boo, I can't see you,Everything must be grand.Boo-ka-Pee, they can't see me,As long as I've got me head in the sand.Peek-a-Boo, it may be true,There's something in what you'...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Flanders & Swann
Oh nobody loves the Rhinoceros muchIf you ask the reason why,They will tell you because of his scaly touchOr his hard and glittering eye;But should you ask a truthful man You will ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Flanders & Swann
A elephant's life is tedious, laborious and slowI've been an elephant all me life so I blooming well ought to know.He never forgets a name or face ooooh!He knows his way from place...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Flanders & Swann
A Bradypus, or Sloth, am I, I live a life of easeContented not to do or die, But idle as I pleaseI have three toes on either foot, Or half a doz. on bothWith leaves and fruits, and...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Flanders & Swann
'Twas on a Monday morning The Gas-Man came to call; The gas tap wouldn't turn - I wasn't getting gas at all. He tore out all the skirting boards To try and find the main, And I had...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Flanders & Swann
A year ago, last Thursday I was strolling in the zoowhen I met a man who though he knew the lot.He was laying down the law about the habits of BaboonsAnd how many quills a porcupin...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Flanders & Swann
I once had a whim and I had to obey it To buy a French Horn in a second-hand shop; I polished it up and I started to play it In spite of the neighbours who begged me to stop.To sou...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Flanders & Swann
The Jungle was giving a partyA post hibernation ballThe Ballroom was crowded with waltzing Gazelles, Gorillas and Zebras and all.But who is that animal almost in tearsPretending to...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Flanders & Swann
A bold Hippopotamus was standing one dayOn the banks of the cool ShalimarHe gazed at the bottom as it peacefully layBy the light of the evening star.Away on a hilltop, sat combing ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Flanders & Swann