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Wordwitch Lyr Req: The Sloth (Flanders & Swann) (21) How Sweet to Be a Sloth? 27 Dec 99


Back in the days of 8-track tapes, on a car trip we hearkened to the Brothers Four singing a variety of tunes including several I have since found. (Sakura, for example.) But there was one I loved, to which I have never since found referral. It was about a three-toed sloth. Some of the words are ...

I have three toes on either foot, or half a doz on both. ....

While eager beavers overhead rush through the undergrowth I watch the clouds beneath my feet How sweet to be a sloth.

O I could climb the very highest himalayas Be among the greatest ever tennis players Or be a crook Or learn to cook Win a war, then write a book about it. I could paint a Mona Lisa I could be another Caesar Compose an oratorio that was sublime Oh, the door's not shut on my genius But I just don't have the time (No he just don't have the time) No, I just don't have ... (He's nothing but a blooming sloth!)

Given that the last time I heard this was in the early 70s, you can see how much of an impact it had on me. Anyone have ALL the lyrics, so I can sing it to my disbelieving child?


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