Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song A Crash of Rhinoceros , by - Carrie Newcomer. Song from the album before & after, in the genre Release date: 31.12.2009
Record label: Concord, Rounder
Song language: English
A Crash of Rhinoceros |
| When Adam when out to name the animals |
| He sat on a rock and he figured |
| A horse and a cow and a goat and a sheep |
| Were the best names that he could deliver |
| But Eve looked around at all of that glory |
| Said, «Hon, I think we should consider |
| Something a bit more unique and refined |
| For each and every critter» |
| It’s a crash of rhinoceros, a pomp of pekinese |
| It’s a gaggle of geese and a swarm of bees |
| A parliament of owl and gam of whale |
| A pandemonium of parrot and a watch of nightingale |
| A huddle of walrus, company of moles |
| Exultation of lark and a murder of crow |
| A simple flock sheep and a herd of deer |
| It’s a bask of crocodiles, sleuth of bear |
| Adam looked shocked and he scratched his head |
| Eve stood there, happy and beaming |
| The animals gathered in close to their feet |
| With roars of delight, barks and singing |
| She’s on a roll and just getting started |
| The birds and the beasts held their breath |
| What fine appellation would they receive |
| And which one of them would be the next? |
| It’s a team of oxen and a mob of kangaroo |
| It’s a charm of finch if there are more than two |
| A troubling of goldfish, cluster of cats |
| A bloat of hippopotami, a cloud of bats |
| Ostentation of peacock, a barren of mules |
| An army of ant, nursery of raccoon |
| A parcel of penguin and a dray of squirrels |
| A bed of oysters with or without the pearls |
| All of that naming lasted into the night |
| Until even the insects had groupings |
| Eve was still bright eyed and willing to finish |
| Though her shoulders and fig leaves were drooping |
| Adam said, «Darling, I’m proud and amazed |
| You’re really one heck of a woman |
| So let’s go to sleep and tomorrow we’ll rise |
| And start naming rocks, plants and woodlands» |
| It’s a tittering of magpie, company of mole |
| It’s a pride of lions and a tribe of goats |
| A plague of locust and a pack of dogs |
| A leap of leopard, an array of hedgehog |
| It’s a caravan of camels, a drift of swan |
| A sulk of foxes and the list goes on It’s a prickle of porcupine, a battery of hen |
| A cohort of zebra, now once again |
| It’s a colony of rabbit and a sounder of boar |
| An ambush of tiger, now just a little more |
| It’s a business of ferret, a swarm of eels |
| A covey of quail and a pod of seals |
| It’s a parade of elephant, a dole of dove |
| A bale of turtles and all of them I love |
| And she kissed the horde of hamsters |
| On their furry little heads |
| Sighed with satisfaction and she went to bed |