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The Whale
The Whale
The bottle-nosed whale is a furlong long and likewise wiseBut headstrong strongAnd he sings this very lugubrious songAs he sails through the great antarctic ocean blueOh why do I swim through seas antarctical? Oooo....Freezing cold in every particle Oooo....Some porpoises invited me to come and join their schoolThey brought me here and then swam away, and shouted April Fool!If I ever catch that school of porpoises Oooo....They won't get no Habeas Corpuses Oooo....I'm lost and alone in a frozen zone and I'm almost frozen tooA shivering, quivering bottle-nosed whaleThe bottle-nosed whale with the flu...Ch oo-ch oo-ch oo-ah Tshcoo....Oh I used to play like a gay LeviathanUgh huh huh huh... huh huh huhSquirting up jets like a soda siphon Whooosh!Now every time I try to lift my hanky to my noseA great harpoon goes whistling by, to a shout of "There she blows!"I like my oceans equatorial Oooo....Where the water's warm and the breeze less boreal Oooo....It's Fahrenheit minus twenty-nine, and I don't know what to doA rubbery, blubbery bottle-nosed whaleThe bottle-nosed whale with the flu...Ch oo-ch oo-ch oo-ah Tshcoo....The bottle-nosed whale is a furlong long and likewise wiseBut headstrong strongAnd he sings this very lugubrious songAs he sails through the ocean blueThough red your nose, though your toes are froze, Though cold it seems to youRemember the tale of the bottle-nosed whaleWho has not even got his own hot water botThe bottle-nosed whale with the flu...
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Previously performed at:
- 18 Oct 2019: 37. Nature's Beauty: James Newby & Simon Lepper
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The Whale
The bottle-nosed whale is a furlong long and likewise wise
But headstrong strong
And he sings this very lugubrious song
As he sails through the great antarctic ocean blue
Oh why do I swim through seas antarctical? Oooo....
Freezing cold in every particle Oooo....
Some porpoises invited me to come and join their school
They brought me here and then swam away, and shouted April Fool!
If I ever catch that school of porpoises Oooo....
They won't get no Habeas Corpuses Oooo....
I'm lost and alone in a frozen zone and I'm almost frozen too
A shivering, quivering bottle-nosed whale
The bottle-nosed whale with the flu...
Ch oo-ch oo-ch oo-ah Tshcoo....
Oh I used to play like a gay Leviathan
Ugh huh huh huh... huh huh huh
Squirting up jets like a soda siphon Whooosh!
Now every time I try to lift my hanky to my nose
A great harpoon goes whistling by, to a shout of "There she blows!"
I like my oceans equatorial Oooo....
Where the water's warm and the breeze less boreal Oooo....
It's Fahrenheit minus twenty-nine, and I don't know what to do
A rubbery, blubbery bottle-nosed whale
The bottle-nosed whale with the flu...
Ch oo-ch oo-ch oo-ah Tshcoo....
The bottle-nosed whale is a furlong long and likewise wise
But headstrong strong
And he sings this very lugubrious song
As he sails through the ocean blue
Though red your nose, though your toes are froze,
Though cold it seems to you
Remember the tale of the bottle-nosed whale
Who has not even got his own hot water bot
The bottle-nosed whale with the flu...
If you would like to use our texts and translations, please click here for more information.
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
- 18 Oct 2019: 37. Nature's Beauty: James Newby & Simon Lepper
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