Old Man Emu lyrics

"No worries, mate."

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-tail eagle?

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

"While the eagle's flying round and round

I keep my two feet firmly on the ground

Now, I can't fly, but I'm telling you

I can run the pants of a kangaroo"

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

He can't fly, but I'm telling you

He can run the pants of a kangaroo

Well, he was the model for the fifty cents

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

The designer should have had more sense

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

"If you take a look, it'll prove to you

I can run the pants off a kangaroo"

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

Take a look, it'll prove to you

He can run the pants off a kangaroo

You can't loop the loop like a cockatoo

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

Swoop and toss like an albatross

Oom-ba-da-liddle-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

While me and them's like cheese and chalk"

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

He can't fly, but I'm telling you

He can run the pants off a kangaroo

Well, the last time I saw Old Man Emu

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

He was chasing a female emu

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

As he shot past, I heard him say

"She can't fly, but I'm telling you

She could run the pants off a kangaroo"

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

She can't fly, but I'm telling you

She could run the pants of a kangaroo

Well, there is a moral to this ditty

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

Thrush can sing, but he ain't pretty

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

Duck can swim, but he can't sing

Nor can the eagle on the wing

Emu can't fly, but I'm telling you

He can run the pants off a kangaroo

Well, the kookaburra laughed and he said "It's true"

*kookaburra laughs*