Key: Db major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Let me tell you of an interview
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with an Old Man E mu
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He's got a beak and feathers and things,
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but the poor old fella ain't got no wings
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"Aren't you jealous of the wedge-tail eagle?"
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dom ba da little da da da
I keep my two feet firmly on the ground
I can't fly, but I'm telling you,
I can run the pants off a kangaroo"
Chorus 1
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B'dahdle doo doo doditl doo
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doodlelit doo doo doo
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He can't fly, but I'm telling you,
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he can run the pants off a kangaroo
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Verse 2
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Well he was the model for the fifty cents
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oom ba da little da da da
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The designer should have had more sense
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Oom ba da little da da da
If you take a look, it’ll prove to you,
I ran the pants off that kangaroo.
Chorus 2
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B'dahdle doo doo doditl doo
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doodlelit doo doo doo
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Take a look it’ll prove to you,
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he can run the pants off a kangaroo
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Verse 3
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You can’t loop the loop like a cockatoo
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Ooom ba da little da da da
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Swoop and toss like an albatross
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Oom ba da little da da da
“You silly galah, 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”
Chorus 3
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B'dahdle doo doo doditl doo
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doodlelit doo doo doo
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He can’t fly but I’m telling you,
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he can run the pants off a kangaroo
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Verse 4
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Well a dingo came around one day
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Ooom ba da little da da da
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"Hey there Emu, you wanna play?"
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Ooom ba da little da da da
But the Emu was too smart for him...
He walked right up and kicked in the shin!
Chorus 4
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B'dahdle doo doo doditl doo
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doodlelit doo doo doo
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He can’t fly but I’m telling you,
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he can run the pants off a dingo too
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Verse 5
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Well the last time I saw Old Man Emu
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Ooom ba da little da da da
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He was chasing a female he knew
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Ooom ba da little da da da
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As he shot past I for heard him say
“She can’t fly, but I’m telling you
She could run the pants off a kangaroo”.
Chorus 5
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B'dahdle doo doo doditl doo
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doodlelit doo doo doo
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She can’t fly but I’m telling you,
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she can run the pants off a kangaroo
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Verse 6
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Well there is a moral to this ditty
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Oom ba da little da da da
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Thrush can sing but he ain’t pretty
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Oom ba da little da da da
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Duck can swim, but he can’t sing,
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nor can the eagle on the wing
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Emu can’t fly, but I’m telling you,
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he can run the pants off a kangaroo
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Outro 1
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and said “It’s true,
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oom ba da little da da da,
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Ha Ha Ha Ha Hah Hoo,
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He can run the pants off a kangaroo”
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