John Williamson Old Man Emu Lyrics

Old Man Emu Lyrics

Let me tell you of an interview with an Old Man Emu

He's got a beak and
feathers and things

But the poor old fella ain't got no wings



Aren't you jealous of the wedge-tailed eagle - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da

While the eagle's flyin' round and round I keep my two feet firmly on the
ground

Now I can't fly but I'm tellin' you, I can run the pants off a
kangaroo

Ba-da-doo-doo, da-doo-doo-doo, doo-da-do-do, doo-doo

He
can't fly but I'm tellin' you, he can run the pants off a kangaroo



Well he was the model for the fifty cents - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da

The
designer should have had more sense - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da

If you take a
look it'll prove to you (ha-ha-ha-ha), I ran the pants off that kangaroo

Ba-da-doo-doo, da-doo-doo-doo, doo-da-do-do, doo-doo

Take a look,
it'll prove to you, he ran the pants off the kangaroo



You can't
loop the loop like a cockatoo - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da

Swoop and toss
like an albatross - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da

You silly gallah, I'm better
by far, than a white cockatoo or a budgerigar

They squeak and squawk and
try to talk, why me and them's like cheese and chalk

Ba-da-doo-doo,
da-doo-doo-doo, doo-da-do-do, doo-doo

He can't fly but I'm tellin' you,
he can run the pants off a kangaroo



Well the last time I saw Old
Man Emu - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da

He was chasing a female he knew-
Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da

As he shot past I heard him say

Hoo-choo-ah-hoo-choo-ah-hoo-choo-ah-hoo-choo

She can't fly but I'm
tellin' you, she can run the pants off a kangaroo

Ba-da-doo-doo,
da-doo-doo-doo, do-da-do-do, doo-doo

She can't fly but I'm tellin' you,
she can run the pants off a kangaroo



Well there is a moral to this
ditty - Um-ba-da-lip-ida-da-da-acapo