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A Musical Menagerie

Song Cycle by Philip Hagemann

?. The eel  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
I don't mind eels
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The eel", appears in Good Intentions, first published 1942, copyright ©

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?. The firefly  [sung text not yet checked]

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The firefly's flame
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The firefly", appears in Good Intentions, first published 1942, copyright ©

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?. The termite  [sung text not yet checked]

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Some primal termite knocked on wood
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The termite", appears in Good Intentions, first published 1942, copyright ©

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?. The ostrich

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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The ostrich", appears in You Can't Get There From Here, first published 1957, copyright ©

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?. The fly  [sung text not yet checked]

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God, in his wisdom
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The fly", appears in Good Intentions, first published 1942, copyright ©

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?. Glossina mortisans or the Tsetse

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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "Glossina mortisans or the Tsetse", appears in Good Intentions, first published 1942, copyright ©

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?. The duck  [sung text not yet checked]

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Behold the duck
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The duck", appears in The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse, first published 1936, copyright ©

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?. The kitten  [sung text not yet checked]

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The trouble with a kitten is that
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The kitten", appears in The Face is Familiar, first published 1940, copyright ©

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?. The octopus  [sung text not yet checked]

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Tell me, O Octopus, I begs
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The octopus", appears in Good Intentions, first published 1942, copyright ©

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?. The mermaid

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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The mermaid", appears in Good Intentions, first published 1942, copyright ©

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?. The lion  [sung text not yet checked]

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Oh, weep for Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
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  • by Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971), "The lion", appears in Versus, first published 1949, copyright ©

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