Old Man Emu

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Let me tell you of an interview 
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with an Old Man Emu,
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he’s got a beak and feathers and 
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things,
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but the poor old fella ain't got no
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 wings.
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Aren’t you jealous of the wedge 
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tailed eagle?
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oom ba-da di-doo ba da da


(false notes)

“While the Eagle’s flying round and 
round,

I keep my two feet firmly on the 
ground.

Now, I cant fly, but I’m telling 
you: I can run the pants off a 
kangaroo.“


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Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo
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 , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
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He can’t fly but I’m telling 
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you, he can run the pants off a 
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kangaroo.

[interlude]
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Well, he was a model for the fifty
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 cents, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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the designer should have had more 
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sense, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.


(false notes)
“If you take a look, it will prove 
to you,

I ran the pants off that kangaroo.”


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Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo
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 , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
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take a look, it will prove to 
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you, he ran the pants off a 
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kangaroo.

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[interlude]
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You can’t loop the loop like a 
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cockatoo, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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swoop and toss like an 
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albatross, oom ba-da di-doo ba da 
da.

(false notes)
“You silly galah, I’m better by far,

than a white cockatoo or a 
budgerigar.

They squeak and squawk and try to 
talk,

why, me and them's like cheese and 
chalk.”


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Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo
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 , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
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He can’t fly but I’m telling 
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you, he could run the pants off a 
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kangaroo.

[interlude]
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Well, a dingo came around one 
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day, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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“Hey there, emu, do ya wanna 
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play?” oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.

(false notes)
But the emu was too smart for him,

walked right up an’ kicked him in 
the shins.


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Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo
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 , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
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He can’t fly but I’m telling 
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you, he could run the pants off a 
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dingo, too.

[interlude]
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Well, the last time I saw old man 
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emu, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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he was chasing a female he knew,
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 oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.
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As he shot past I heard him say

(false notes)
[panting noises]

“She can’t fly but I’m telling you, 
she can run the pants off a 
kangaroo.”

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Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo
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 , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
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She can’t fly but I’m telling 
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you, she could run the pants off a 
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kangaroo.

[interlude]
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Well, there is no moral to this 
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ditty, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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thrush can sing but he ain't 
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pretty, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.
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Duck can swim, but he can’t 
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sing, nor can eagle on the wing,
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emu can’t fly, but I’m telling 
you: he can run the pants off a 
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kangaroo!

[interlude]
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Well, the kookaburra laughed, and 
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he said, “It’s true,
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oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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haaa ha ha ha, ha, hoo, he can 
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run the pants off a kangaroo!”
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Ha ha ha ha ha, aah ha ha ha haa