I was literally just dropping off to sleep, and this hit me in the face.
I'm half asleep, so don't shout.
It's silly! It's nonsense! It's pilly! It's fonsense!
What if there were cets not cats?
And degs instead of dogs?
And what if there were bets not bats?
And fregs instead of frogs?
Imagine squarrels instead of squirrels
Would they look the same?
Or would their gait be kinda off
Like the slight change of their name
Would a pheep still have its wool?
A seacock have its bling?
Would a leon still be majestic?
A dird still have its wings?
Would he still go "oo ooo ah ah!"
If he were called a ponkey?
And would ziraffe still have long neck
And would he still look funky?
How about an ectopus
Would she run out of ink?
If pharks were near would she be ate
I don't know what to think!!
The bangaroo could boomerang
And still protect its boey
But could a beer, a female beer
Keep dambi safe when it is snowy?
AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH
@pippa Feb 2022
Hi Pete, I have a tune and a recording for Animals. FAWM etiquette says I should ask you if it's OK before I post... so... Is it OK if I post? It's only a home recording on my phone, so it's not a very good quality recording, but the words are clear. I ended up not axing the AAAARGH but using it somewhat often, actually... as a refrain
@pippa Feb 2022
This is lovely, thanks! would you like a melody for it? I could have a try if you like.
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Delightfully quirky and fun play with words!
@stephenwordsmith Feb 2022
I don't know if you know much about the New Zealand accent, but the first two verses looked perfectly normal to me.
Then when you started changing the first letter, the acid sequence kicked in. Everything was off-kilter, uncanny valley, slightly melted in its visage. I imagine an ectopus would shoot ectoplasm, which is quite horrifying.
The aaaarrrgghhhh seemed a suitable conclusion after all this oddly terrifying askewedness. Askewery. Asakselsfenlk