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1. Let me tell you of an interview with an Old Man Emu,
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hes
got a beak and feathers and things,
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but
the pore old fella ain't
got no wings.
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Arent you jealous of the
wedge tailed eagle?
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Oom ba da little da da da :
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While the Eagles flying
round and round,
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I keep my two feet firmly on
the ground.
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Now, I cant fly, but Im
telling you: I can run the pants off a kangaroo.
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Ba da da doo
dee, ba doo
doo doo , doo doo
doot doot doo doo.
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He cant fly but Im telling
you, he can run the pants off a kangaroo.
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2. Well, he was a model for the fifty cents, oom
ba-da little da da da,
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the designer should
have had more sense, oom ba
da little da da da.
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If you take a look, it will prove to you, ha ha ha ha
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I ran the pants off that
kangaroo.
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Ba da da doo
dee, ba doo
doo doo , doo doo
doot doot doo doo.
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take
a look, it will prove to you, he ran the pants off a kangaroo.
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3. You cant loop the loop like a cockatoo, oom
ba da little da da da,
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swoop
and toot like an albatross, oom ba
da little da da da.
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You silly galah,
Im better by far,
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than
a white cockatoo or a budgerigar.
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They squeak and squawk and try
to talk,
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why, me
and them are like cheese and chalk.
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Ba da da doo
dee, ba doo
doo doo , doo doo
doot doot doo doo.
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He cant fly but Im telling
you, he could run the pants off a kangaroo.
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4. Well, a dingo came around one day, oom ba da little da
da da.
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Hey there, emu, ya wanna
play? Oom ba da little
da da da.
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But the emu
was too smart for him,
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walked
right up an kicked him in the shins.
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Ba da da doo
dee, ba doo
doo doo , doo doo
doot doot doo doo.
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He cant fly but Im telling
you, he could run the pants off a dingo, too.
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5. Well, the last time I saw old man emu, oom ba da
little da da da,
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he
was chasing a female he knew, oom ba
da little da da da.
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As he shot passed I heard him
say: (panting noises)
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She cant fly but Im telling
you, she can run the pants off a kangaroo.
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Ba da da doo
dee, ba doo
doo doo , doo doo
doot doot doo doo.
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She cant fly but Im telling
you, she could run the pants off a kangaroo.
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6. Well, there is no moral to this ditty, oom ba da little da
da da,
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thrush
can sing but he ain't pretty, oom
ba da little da da da.
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Duck can swim, but he cant
sing, nor can the eagle on the wing,
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emu cant fly, but Im telling you: he can run the
pants off a kangaroo!
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Well, the cookaburra
laughed, and he said, Its true,
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oom ba da little da da da,
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heee, haa, hee, haa, he can run the pants
off a kangaroo !
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Heee, haa, hee, haa, hee haa,
hee haa.
(orig. = capo 1st) (John
Williamson)