Recently, while testing our forum filter, a Mudcatter of some renown was unable to find a single thread with the word "aardvark" in its title. Shocking, really, what with the wealth of aardvark-related musical material out there ripe for the picking, as it were (not to mention the BS potential of the subject).

So I found this song 'ere. There's a link on the source page stating that one can e-mail the songwriter for an MP3 version.

Cheers,
Claire


AARDVARK
Music and Words (c) 2002 MARK FREY


The sun, the moon, the stars and the planets
all hang around in the sky
if you stare at a solar eclipse without protection
you'll probably burn out your eye

but that's not the reason I'm singing this tune
no it isn't connected at all
I just stuck it in as an opening verse
to keep the whole thing from being too small

this song is in fact about Aardvarks
yes of Aardvarks today I will sing
but Aardvarks are curious creatures
about which I know almost nothing

Aardvarks are hairy burrowing mammals
with a blunt-ended snout
they dig little holes all over Africa
and have no political clout

now I'm reaching the ends of my knowledge
and don't really know where to go
I finally see why they always tell you
to write about things that you know

this song is in fact about Aardvarks
yes of Aardvarks today I will sing
but Aardvarks are curious creatures
about which I know almost nothing

for the last verse I looked some Aardvark facts up
isn't the internet great?
now I know Aardvarks are basically loners
only getting together to mate

(Interlude)

Your average Aardvark lives about 10 years
and can't run very fast
they have strong claws to help in digging for termites
which I'm told are their favorite repast

They've got tubular teeth and come out at night
their tongues are quite sticky and long
their name means "earth-pig" but if you should think
they're related to porkers then you would be wrong

this song is in fact about Aardvarks
yes of Aardvarks today I will sing
but Aardvarks are curious creatures
about which I know almost nothing