The lyrics of the first, Big Lion, were as follows:
Big lion, in that bush, but I will hit him with my big stick.His later work included a variation of Big Lion:
(repeat ad nauseum)
Big lion, in that bush, and when he sees us we run like deer.After Josephine pointed out that acting like a deer is not the best way to make yourself insusceptible to lion attacks, it reached its final form:
Big lion, in that bush, and we will run like lighteningAlthough we made it through many refrains of Big Lion, and a few of Big Elephant, my favorite was the hyena song:
(giggle at the absurdity of running like lightening,
which I suppose isn't done in Kenya, at least not idiomatically)
Hyena with one short leg and lots of sharp teeth. One bite, one kilo of donkey.This was only sung a few times, and was usually followed by an admonition to be very afraid of hyenas. Even if they inexplicably have one short leg.
Right-o, then, I have a thesis funding report to be nursing along. By which I mean, I am going to sleep now.
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