LION'S BIG DEBUT
It's the Lion's big debut
He lifts up his baton
To conduct the wildest orchestra
You ever laid eyes upon
Alligator on guitar
Aardvark drives an autoharp
Mockingbird on the fife
He plucks it for a lark
Kazoo's a Kangaroo
Flamingo's on the flute
Ukulele Koala
And Lemmings on the lute
It's the Lion's big debut
He's pulling out his mane
The Lemmings on the lute
Are playing leapfrog again
Chimpanzee on timpani
A Zebra xylophone
Camel kicks the kettledrum
Tiger slides off his trombone
Yak attacks the sax
First violin's a Mole
Porcupine on bagpipes
Punctured them with holes
It's the Lion's big debut
He's blue as blue can be
The Zebra wears a keyboard
And the Kangaroo's off key
A Bobcat on the banjo
Hare slappin' a snare drum
Washboard has a Wallaby
O the oboe's Opossum
French Hen on English horn
Celesta played by Skunk
Panda ate his bamboo flute
The Elephant blasts his trunk
It's the Lion's big debut
And he's biting at his toes
Cause the seal is barking
With cymbals on his nose
Whooping Crane on clarinet
Armadillo accordion
Pelican plays a piccolo
Monkey's on the mandolin
Baboon on bassoon
Hyena harpsichord
A Sloth played the spoons
He just hung around and snored
It's the Lion's big debut
He's just a little pale
The beaver on the upright base
Goes wacky with his tail
Gorilla bangs the gong
Dobro's a Wolverine
Tambourine has a Tree Frog
Tromping like a trampoline
Chipmunks on the chimes
Rattlesnake on castanets
Turtle plays the tuba
But he hasn't showed up yet
It's the Lion's big debut
He's fainted on the floor
The Rattlesnake's
In the audience
And the audience
Went out the door
Then there's Silence
But for one tingling triangle
All the players have left the house
The Lion finishes the piece
With an intrepid little Mouse
© 1996 Stefan des Laurier