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Effervescing Elephant

from Cat Doorman Songbook by Cat Doorman

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lyrics

An Effervescing Elephant
With tiny eyes and great big trunk
Once whispered to the tiny ear
The ear of one inferior
That by next June he'd die, oh yeah!
Because the tiger would roam
The little one said: "Oh my goodness,
I must stay at home!
And every time I hear a growl
I'll know the tiger's on the prowl.
And I'll be really safe, you know
The elephant he told me so."
Everyone was nervy, oh yeah!
And the message was spread
To zebra, mongoose,
And the dirty hippopotamus, who
Wallowed in the mud and chewed
His spicy hippo-plankton food
And tended to ignore the word
Preferring to survey a herd
Of stupid water bison, oh yeah!
And all the jungle took fright,
And ran around for all the day and the night
But all in vain, because, you see,
The tiger came and said: "Who me?!
You know, I wouldn't hurt not one of you.
I'd much prefer something to chew
And you're all too scant." Oh yeah!
He ate the Elephant

credits

from Cat Doorman Songbook, released January 26, 2013
Lyrics and music by Syd Barrett
Julianna: vocals
Coen Parzybok: vocals
Seth: guitar
Garth: baritone sax

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Cat Doorman Portland, Oregon

Cat Doorman is Julianna Bright, a musician, an artist, a mom and a big believer in the power of art, story and song to make us kinder, braver, better humans. Her songs for kids have been awarded the Parents' Choice Silver Honor and become a mainstay on Sirius Satellite's Kids' Place Live. ... more

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