Before the days of Noah
Before he built his ark
Seagulls sang like nightingales
And lions sang like larks.
The tortoise had a mighty roar
The cockerel had a moo
Kitten always eeyored
And elephants just mewed.
It was the way the world was
... When owls had a bark
And dogs did awful crowings
Whilst running round the park.
Horses baaaed like baa lambs
Ducks could all miaow
And animals had voices
Quite different from now!
But, came the day of flooding
And all the world was dark
The animals got weary
Of living in the ark -
So they swapped around their voices
A trumpet for a mew
- A silly sort of pastime
When nothing much to do.
But when the flood had ended
And the world was nice and dry
The creatures had forgotten
How once they hissed or cried.
So they kept their brand-new voices
- forgot the days before
- when lions use to giggle
And gerbils used to roar.
