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 !
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Copyright Angela Lansbury 2019 Tues 29 October
