A Crash of Rhinoceros - Carrie Newcomer.mp3

[00:00.42]When Adam when out to name the animals
[00:03.90]He sat on a rock and he figured
[00:07.29]A horse and a cow and a goat and a sheep
[00:10.59]Were the best names that he could deliver
[00:13.83]But Eve looked around at all of that glory
[00:17.52]Said, "Hon, I think we should considerSomething a bit more unique and refinedFor each and every critter"
[00:29.10]It's a crash of rhinoceros, a pomp of pekinese
[00:33.06]It's a gaggle of geese and a swarm of bees
[00:35.97]A parliament of owl and gam of whale
[00:38.49]A pandemonium of parrot and a watch of nightingale
[00:41.55]A huddle of walrus, company of moles
[00:44.16]Exultation of lark and a murder of crow
[00:47.19]A simple flock sheep and a herd of deer
[00:49.80]It's a bask of crocodiles, sleuth of bear
[00:54.21]Adam looked shocked and he scratched his head
[00:57.12]Eve stood there, happy and beaming
[01:00.03]The animals gathered in close to their feet
[01:02.79]With roars of delight, barks and singing
[01:05.73]She's on a roll and just getting started
[01:09.15]The birds and the beasts held their breath
[01:11.79]What fine appellation would they receive
[01:14.55]And which one of them would be the next?
[01:18.96]It's a team of oxen and a mob of kangaroo
[01:22.89]It's a charm of finch if there are more than two
[01:25.86]A troubling of goldfish, cluster of cats
[01:28.68]A bloat of hippopotami, a cloud of bats
[01:31.11]Ostentation of peacock, a barren of mules
[01:34.26]An army of ant, nursery of raccoon
[01:37.08]A parcel of penguin and a dray of squirrels
[01:39.84]A bed of oysters with or without the pearls
[01:44.34]All of that naming lasted into the night
[01:47.07]Until even the insects had groupings
[01:50.37]Eve was still bright eyed and willing to finish
[01:53.13]Though her shoulders and fig leaves were drooping
[01:56.04]Adam said, "Darling, I'm proud and amazedYou're really one heck of a womanSo let's go to sleep and tomorrow we'll riseAnd start naming rocks, plants and woodlands"
[02:10.23]It's a tittering of magpie, company of mole
[02:14.25]It's a pride of lions and a tribe of goats
[02:17.19]A plague of locust and a pack of dogs
[02:19.95]A leap of leopard, an array of hedgehog
[02:22.56]It's a caravan of camels, a drift of swan
[02:25.50]A sulk of foxes and the list goes on
[02:28.14]It's a prickle of porcupine, a battery of hen
[02:31.14]A cohort of zebra, now once again
[02:33.63]It's a colony of rabbit and a sounder of boar
[02:36.30]An ambush of tiger, now just a little more
[02:38.52]It's a business of ferret, a swarm of eels
[02:41.28]A covey of quail and a pod of seals
[02:43.47]It's a parade of elephant, a dole of dove
[02:46.20]A bale of turtles and all of them
[02:48.48]I loveAnd she kissed the horde of hamsters
[02:53.82]On their furry little heads
[02:55.53]Sighed with satisfaction and she went to bed