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Thread #92940 Message #1782371
Posted By: SharonA
13-Jul-06 - 01:33 AM
Thread Name: Songs & Rhymes That Mention Snakes
Subject: Lyr Add: BOA CONSTRICTOR (Shel Silverstein)
Here's the original (Shel Silverstein) version of...
BOA CONSTRICTOR Shel Silverstein - Tro-Hollis Music, Inc. BMI
I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor I'm being swallowed by a boa constrictor And I don't like it very much!
Oh no, oh no, He swallowed my toe, he swallowed my toe Oh gee, oh gee, He's up to my knee, he's up to my knee Oh fiddle, oh fiddle, He's reached my middle, he's reached my middle Oh heck, oh heck, He's up to my neck, he's up to my neck Oh dread, oh dread, He swallowed my.... schlirppp!
---------------- Note: the version I learned from my older brothers included a bit of the "folk process"; they added:
Oh my, oh my, he swallowed my thigh, he swallowed my thigh
and
Oh darn, oh darn, he swallowed my arm, he swallowed my arm