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Legend of Yancy Parfoot, The
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Potpourri Pets Abound
In Yancy Parfoot's furbound town there's fur and teeth and claws
It's a place where many pets abound. There's prints of many paws
The dogs and cats are treated well; are curried, combed and fed
They're given everything they want before they go to bed
The elephants are given corn and pedicured each day
Hyenas laugh at tall giraffes. The cows have too much hay
The water troughs are always full. The bins are full of grain
The hippos have a river bed. The ducks have lots of rain
The eagle flies in clear blue skies. The updrafts never end
The beaver has a king-sized dam and the otter for a friend
The kangaroo can jump and play with dingos hangin' 'round
'Cause all the animals are good friends in Yancy Parfoot's town
The monkeys high up in the tree swing and eat their fruit
While down below the camel chews and the pack rat checks his loot
The mole is digging through the dirt, while the mouse runs through the ruts
The robin's tugging on a worm and the squirrel is eating nuts
The owl flies when darkness comes and the stars are shining bright
The coyotes howl and great wolves prowl in the cover of the night
The lions lay in tall plain's grass. They play and lick their feet
And Yancy Parfoot comes each day from the market with their meat
It's truly a heaven for animals in Yancy Parfoot's town
He moved there twenty years ago 'cause people let him down
