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When Adam when out to name the animals |
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He sat on a rock and he figured |
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A horse and a cow and a goat and a sheep |
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Were the best names that he could deliver |
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But Eve looked around at all of that glory |
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Said, "Hon, I think we should considerSomething a bit more unique and refinedFor each and every critter" |
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It's a crash of rhinoceros, a pomp of pekinese |
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It's a gaggle of geese and a swarm of bees |
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A parliament of owl and gam of whale |
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A pandemonium of parrot and a watch of nightingale |
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A huddle of walrus, company of moles |
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Exultation of lark and a murder of crow |
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A simple flock sheep and a herd of deer |
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It's a bask of crocodiles, sleuth of bear |
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Adam looked shocked and he scratched his head |
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Eve stood there, happy and beaming |
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The animals gathered in close to their feet |
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With roars of delight, barks and singing |
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She's on a roll and just getting started |
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The birds and the beasts held their breath |
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What fine appellation would they receive |
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And which one of them would be the next? |
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It's a team of oxen and a mob of kangaroo |
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It's a charm of finch if there are more than two |
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A troubling of goldfish, cluster of cats |
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A bloat of hippopotami, a cloud of bats |
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Ostentation of peacock, a barren of mules |
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An army of ant, nursery of raccoon |
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A parcel of penguin and a dray of squirrels |
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A bed of oysters with or without the pearls |
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All of that naming lasted into the night |
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Until even the insects had groupings |
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Eve was still bright eyed and willing to finish |
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Though her shoulders and fig leaves were drooping |
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Adam said, "Darling, I'm proud and amazedYou're really one heck of a womanSo let's go to sleep and tomorrow we'll riseAnd start naming rocks, plants and woodlands" |
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It's a tittering of magpie, company of mole |
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It's a pride of lions and a tribe of goats |
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A plague of locust and a pack of dogs |
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A leap of leopard, an array of hedgehog |
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It's a caravan of camels, a drift of swan |
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A sulk of foxes and the list goes on |
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It's a prickle of porcupine, a battery of hen |
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A cohort of zebra, now once again |
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It's a colony of rabbit and a sounder of boar |
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An ambush of tiger, now just a little more |
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It's a business of ferret, a swarm of eels |
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A covey of quail and a pod of seals |
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It's a parade of elephant, a dole of dove |
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A bale of turtles and all of them |
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I loveAnd she kissed the horde of hamsters |
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On their furry little heads |
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Sighed with satisfaction and she went to bed |
