Animal Song

A bear and an elk and an old coyote

Went out for a walk one day

Said the bear to the elk and the old coyote

Won't you have a spot of tea

So they dropped in to visit a friend

On the way to Canmore-town

Said the bear to the elk and the old coyote

I know she won't let us down

Now, Milly the moose was loose as a goose

And fickle as she could be

Wouldn't you know, she was with an old crow

When her friends stopped in for tea

But she was the mostest, when it came to being a hostess

And so she laid out quite a spread

So, the bear and the elk and the old coyote

Drank tea 'til they thought they were dead

Now, the crow was insulted and so he consulted

With a magpie and a jay

In discussing the matter, there arose such a chatter

That the friends stopped off from their play

The bear looked around for some kind of a stone

That hopefully would settle the thing

But all he could find was a porcupine

That was dressed as neat as a pin

He reached out his paw and before he saw

He let out a terrible howl

That startled the elk and the old coyote

And even a passing owl

The moose got so scared that it raised up the hair

On the back of her overcoat

With a grunt and a wheeze, she got to her knees

And indignantly kicked them all out

The moral of the story

I am sad to say

Is that mooses ain't the kind of gal

With which one ought to play