When Adam when out to name the animals
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He sat on a rock and he figured
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A horse and a cow and a goat and a sheep
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Were the best names that he could deliver
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But Eve looked around at all of that glory
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Said, «Hon, I think we should consider
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Something a bit more unique and refined
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For each and every critter»
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It’s a crash of rhinoceros, a pomp of pekinese
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It’s a gaggle of geese and a swarm of bees
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A parliament of owl and gam of whale
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A pandemonium of parrot and a watch of nightingale
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A huddle of walrus, company of moles
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Exultation of lark and a murder of crow
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A simple flock sheep and a herd of deer
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It’s a bask of crocodiles, sleuth of bear
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Adam looked shocked and he scratched his head
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Eve stood there, happy and beaming
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The animals gathered in close to their feet
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With roars of delight, barks and singing
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She’s on a roll and just getting started
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The birds and the beasts held their breath
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What fine appellation would they receive
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And which one of them would be the next?
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It’s a team of oxen and a mob of kangaroo
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It’s a charm of finch if there are more than two
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A troubling of goldfish, cluster of cats
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A bloat of hippopotami, a cloud of bats
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Ostentation of peacock, a barren of mules
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An army of ant, nursery of raccoon
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A parcel of penguin and a dray of squirrels
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A bed of oysters with or without the pearls
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All of that naming lasted into the night
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Until even the insects had groupings
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Eve was still bright eyed and willing to finish
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Though her shoulders and fig leaves were drooping
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Adam said, «Darling, I’m proud and amazed
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You’re really one heck of a woman
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So let’s go to sleep and tomorrow we’ll rise
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And start naming rocks, plants and woodlands»
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It’s a tittering of magpie, company of mole
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It’s a pride of lions and a tribe of goats
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A plague of locust and a pack of dogs
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A leap of leopard, an array of hedgehog
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It’s a caravan of camels, a drift of swan
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A sulk of foxes and the list goes on It’s a prickle of porcupine, a battery of hen
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A cohort of zebra, now once again
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It’s a colony of rabbit and a sounder of boar
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An ambush of tiger, now just a little more
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It’s a business of ferret, a swarm of eels
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A covey of quail and a pod of seals
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It’s a parade of elephant, a dole of dove
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A bale of turtles and all of them I love
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And she kissed the horde of hamsters
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On their furry little heads
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Sighed with satisfaction and she went to bed |