John Williamson
Old Man Emu
Released: 1970
Capo 1st, standard tuning
[intro]
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Let me tell you of an interview with an Old Man Emu,
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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 tailed eagle?
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oom ba-da di-doo ba da da
(false notes)
“While the Eagle’s flying round and round,
I keep my two feet firmly on the ground.
Now, I cant fly, but I’m telling you: I can run the pants off a kangaroo.“
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Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
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He can’t fly but I’m telling you, he can run the pants off a kangaroo.
[interlude]
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Well, he was a model for the fifty cents, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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the designer should have had more sense, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.
(false notes)
“If you take a look, it will prove to you,
I ran the pants off that kangaroo.”
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Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
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take a look, it will prove to you, he ran the pants off a kangaroo.
[interlude]
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You can’t loop the loop like a cockatoo, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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swoop and toss like an albatross, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.
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“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.”
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Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
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He can’t fly but I’m telling you, he could run the pants off a kangaroo.
[interlude]
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Well, a dingo came around one day, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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“Hey there, emu, do ya wanna play?” oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.
(false notes)
But the emu was too smart for him,
walked right up an’ kicked him in the shins.
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Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
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He can’t fly but I’m telling you, he could run the pants off a dingo, too.
[interlude]
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Well, the last time I saw old man emu, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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he was chasing a female he knew, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.
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As he shot past I heard him say
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[panting noises]
“She can’t fly but I’m telling you, she can run the pants off a kangaroo.”
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Ba da da doo doo, ba doo doo doo , doo doo doo doo doo doo.
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She can’t fly but I’m telling you, she could run the pants off a kangaroo.
[interlude]
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Well, there is no moral to this ditty, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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thrush can sing but he ain't pretty, oom ba-da di-doo ba da da.
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Duck can swim, but he can’t sing, nor can eagle on the wing,
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emu can’t fly, but I’m telling you: he can run the pants off a kangaroo!
[interlude]
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Well, the kookaburra laughed, and he said, “It’s true,
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oom ba-da di-doo ba da da,
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haaa ha ha ha, ha, hoo, he can run the pants off a kangaroo!”
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Ha ha ha ha ha, aah ha ha ha haa
