Zoe The Zebra In The Zoo

Zoe the zebra in the zoo
She didn't have a lot to do
But slept and hid from me and you
Zoe the zebra in the zoo

Zoe's friends, a donkey and ass
Asked how those stripes had come to pass
Did you have to eat two colours of grass?
Were black and white both colour fast?

If you rolled in mud and the whites were lost
Would that make a zebra cross?
Then they went to ask the boss
Could they all try zebra crossing?

Zoe the zebra in the zoo
Said all those rumours were not true
About the things she'd had to do
To earn those stripes whilst in the zoo.

She's yin and yang and black and white
She is the most amazing sight
And after just one night of passion
Has bred another piece of fashion.

Zoe's the mother of Zachary
All zebras look the same to me
The fancy paintwork all comes free
They get it from the family tree.

Zoe the zebra in the zoo
Had lots of fun, you know it's true
Made zillions of heros in the zoo
Zipped off to make another two.



A journalist came down to see
If those exotic designs were free
He said, "I'll take you to my refuge city
You're a horse designed by a blind committee."

He said, "I think you've been abused
I'd like to do a painless test,"
But Zoe said, "I've always refused
I was born like this - just give it a rest!"

Someone naughty gave them booze
And so they went off for a snooze
Glad I'm not in the keeper's shoes
You've loads of dos and don'ts in zoos.

That is the A to Zed of it, 
There's no more to be said of it, 
Of our heroine there's zero
Zilch, just goodbye, from our hero. 
zzz ! 

-ends-
Copyright Angela Lansbury 2019 Tues 29 October

New York and Australia duet

We went for a walk around New York and I said, 

Let’s talk about New York

I said, 'The skyscrapers are a mile high ..!'

But he said, 'You can hardly see the sky!'

I said, ‘This is the place I want to live!’ but he said;

 ‘One of us has to give

'I want to live in Australia, 

the place where I was born

'I want to see the sunset

 in the place where I saw dawn

'You would love koala bears

And you'd love the kangaroos!'

But I said, "And be eaten by crocodiles!

But to you this isn't news.'

Then I was broken hearted 

and we sadly parted

But every year we meet again 

and we repeat the same refrain

I say, “Let’s walk around New York, 

Don’t you love it? Let’s have a talk,’

I say, ‘This is the place I want to live,’

But he says: ‘One of us has to give

'You’re the only thing I lack and 

That’s why each year I come back

'Yes, my dear, I love it here

But I'm going home to the beach and the beer

' 'cos I want to live in Australia,

 The place where I was born

'I’m going back, to see the last sunset, 

In the place where I first saw the dawn.’

...

D'you want to know the moral?

I know that you're not thick

But I assure you others are

Thick as two short planks and a brick

The lover's moral is think before

'Cos war brings love but love brings war 

Before you pick a foreign love

Decide if you're prepared to move

If not, the moral's plain to see

You'll end up single just like me.

I'd be the one who you forget
If it wasn't for the internet 

'I know you've a good memory

But others are a pain

'You tell them once, tell them twice

Then have to tell the story again.'

'Yes, I have a great memory

But I love to hear your voice

'I listen to the same old stories

Old friends don't have a choice

"I'd rather hear about old times

Than hear of other men

'So you tell me about our love

I'll hear it once again.'

We went for a walk around New York and I said, 

'Let’s talk about New York,'

I said, 'The skyscrapers are a mile high ..!'

But he said, 'You can hardly see the sky!'

I said, ‘This is the place I want to live!’ but he said;

 ‘One of us has to give

I have nothing more to say
But can't you meet me half way?

And so we went to London
Met on St Pancras station



But that was neither here nor there
Just a brief vacation

We went for a walk around New York and I said, 

Let’s talk about New York

I said, 'The skyscrapers are a mile high ..!'

But he said, 'You can hardly see the sky!'

'I want to live in Australia, 

the place where I was born

'I want to see the sunset

 in the place where I saw dawn.'

'So you stay there - and I'll stay here
Maybe we'll meet again - next year!'

-ends-

Copyright Angela Lansbury
The penultimate verse sounded like he was about to commit suicide if young or die if old. I decided to give it a happy and humorous ending. The song structure is 'a round'.

Beer photo in Wikipedia under beer article, photo by kgbo.

Internet sculpture in Israel.

Date	15 June 2013
Source	Dr. Avishai Teicher via the PikiWiki - Israel free image collection project
Author	Dr. Avishai Teicher
Permission (Reusing this file)	This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license. Attribution: Dr. Avishai Teicher Pikiwiki Israel