Marsupial Fandom

Denny Lien, Al Kuhfeld, Richard Tatge, Thorin Tatge

(To “Away with Rum” by the Salvation Army)

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We're coming, we're coming, our strange little band.

Adoring marsupials, we do take our stand.

We do not like reptiles because we do think

That once you like reptiles you must love a skink!

CHORUS:

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Hooray, hooray for kangaroos,

For kangaroos, for kangaroos!

Hooray, hooray for kangaroos!

That's the song of Marsupial Fandom!

We do not bug wombats 'cause wombats bug back.

And no one can live through a wombat attack.

Oh, can you imagine a gorier scene

Than bugging a wombat until he turns mean? CHORUS.

Tasmanian devils are mean as can be.

They'll gladly bite you and they'll gladly bite me.

Oh, can you imagine a gorier sight

Than Tasmanian devils a'spoilin' to fight? CHORUS.

The furry koala is gentler than these,

He doesn't bite people, he just climbs in trees.

Oh, can you imagine a scene with less grief

Than a koala turning over a new leaf? CHORUS.

The ‘possum hates fighting; she’s little and frail.

When young, she will hang by her prehensile tail.

But if you provoke her, she’ll growl, belch and bite,

Then just to save time she’ll expire out of fright! CHORUS

The red pademelon behaves like a brat.

The female is skinny; the male is fat.

But he isn’t greedy—he merely aspires

To clean up the floor and prevent forest fires! CHORUS

The spotted-tail quoll is elusive and rare.

Unless you serve meat for it, it won’t be there.

Oh, can you imagine a banquet for ten

Where they eat all your meat and dart back to their den? CHORUS

We're coming, we're coming our strange little band.

Adoring marsupials, we do take our stand.

We also like monotremes, but feel a song

About them would only be two verses long. CHORUS