John Lithgow - Marsupial Sue
A young kangaroo
Hated the hopping that kangaroos do
It rattled her brain
And gave her migraine
A backache, sideache, tummyache, too
One morning in may
Sue wondered Away
Leaving her relatives grazing on hay
What did she see
Way up in a tree?
Koalas gaily at play
And suddenly Sue was convinced she had found
A way to escape all that bouncing around
She climbed to the top
She heard a loud POP!
And, howling in pain, fell again to the ground
Marsupial Sue
A lesson or two
Be happy with who you are
Don’t ever stray too far from you
Get rid of that frown
And waltz up and down
Benеath a marsupial star
If you’re a kangaroo through and through
Just do what kangaroos do
With summer at hand
The wеather was grand
So Sue stole away from her kangaroo band
Combing the shore
She heard someone snore
A platypus asleep in the sand
“How cozy!” she said
Completely misled
Ignoring the probable trouble ahead
“How perfect for me!
A life by the sea!
All snug in a watery bed!”
So she flopped in the mud with a thud and a shout
She swallowed a scallop, a shrimp and a trout
By quarter to two
The poor kangaroo
Had typhoid, pneumonia, colic, and gout
Marsupial Sue
A lesson or two
Be happy with who you are
Don’t ever stray too far from you
Get rid of that frown
And waltz up and down
Beneath a marsupial star
If you’re a kangaroo through and through
Just do what kangaroos do
That autumn once more
Sue got to explore
A creature she’d never laid eyes on before
A version of her
In miniature
A wallaby, with cousins galore
Before very long
Sue joined in the throng
Flouncing, and jouncing, and bouncing along
Happy and free
She shouted with glee
“At last, I’m where I belong!”
Then she looked at the wallaby, sprightly and small
Exactly like her only not quite so tall
She widened her eyes
And cried with surprise
“A kangaroo’s life’s not so bad after all!”
Marsupial Sue
No longer so blue
You’re happy with who you are
You’ll never stray too far from you
You’re rid of that frown
So waltz up and down
Beneath a marsupial star
You are a kangaroo through and through
So do what kangaroos do
You are a kangaroo through and through
So do what kangaroos do
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