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Thread #33738   Message #452076
Posted By: Grab
30-Apr-01 - 10:46 AM
Thread Name: The Songs Writ for our Kids
Subject: RE: The Songs Writ for our Kids
A song my dad wrote for me, when I was about 2. Apparently he was swimming with me sitting on his back, and I was saying "song, song". So he asked "what about?" And I thought, and then said "Cammy-wammy petrol pump". :-) God knows why! Anyway, my dad being a seriously talented musician (the guy is superb on guitar, clarinet and recorder, even though he doesn't play much), he thought this up on the spot. And it's (c) Peter Bartlett, sometime around 1976...

I'm a cammy-wammy-wammy-wammy-wamel,
I'm a funny-looking ani-many-mammal.
I keep all my water in my great big hump,
So I don't need a bottle or a petrol pump,
I'm a (deep breath) cammy-wammy-wammy-wammy cammy-wammy-wammy-wammy cammy-wammy-wammy-wammy-wamel.

I'm a cammy-wammy-wammy-wammy-wamel,
I'm a funny-looking ani-many-mammal.
I can go through the desert with nothing to drink, When I last had a pint I hate to think.
I'm a...

I think there's a third verse as well, but it's been so long since I heard it, I can't remember. I'll get my dad to sing it to me and do it in Paltalk sometime. :-)

Graham.