Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song A Crash of Rhinoceros, artist - Carrie Newcomer. Album song before & after, in the genre
Date of issue: 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 |