Effervescing Elephant
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Effervescing Elephant
Syd Barrett
#From: al2032@csc.albany.edu (allen lutins)
An
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effervescing elephant with
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tiny eyes and great big trunk
once
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whispered to the tiny ear, the
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ear of one in fear, you hear
that
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by next June he'd die, Oh yeah!
And the tiger would
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roam, the little one said,
"Oh my
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goodness -- I must stay at home!
And
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every time I hear a growl, I'll
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know the tiger's on the prowl,
And
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I'll be really safe, you know, the e
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lephant, he told me so."
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Everyone was nervous, Oh yeah!
And the message was
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spread to zebra, mongoose and the d
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irty hippopotamus
who
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wallowed in the mud and chewed his
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spicy hippo-plankton food
and
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tended to ignore the word,
ref
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erring to a survey I heard of
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stupid water bison
Oh yeah! And all the jungle took
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fright,
and ran around for all the
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day and the night,
But all in
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vain because, you see, the tiger came and said,
"Who
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me? You know I
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wouldn't hurt not one of you --
I
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much prefer something to chew, and
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you're all too scant."
Oh
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yeah! He ate the
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elep
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hant.
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