Och Aye and Kangaroo



Och Aye and Kangaroo is a poem from The Recorded Poems of Och Aye the G'Nu.

Personell
Audio Engineer: Jeff McCormack. Musicians and Performers: Jimmy Barnes (poetry reading), Jackie Barnes (percussion, sound effects and vocals), Jeff Fatt (piano, and animal noises), additional noises by Paul and Murray.

Poem
Every wildebeest needs a good friend who is true.

A shoulder to cry on 'cause that's what friends do.

One who knows when to laugh and a listener, too.

That someone is Kanga for Och Aye the G'Nu.

Och Aye met dear Kanga the first time he flew.

On a flight that was headed to places anew.

It was all very strange and it scared Kangaroo.

And his paw held the hoof of young Och Aye the G'Nu.

From that day they were friends and the bond grew and grew.

They stood close together that day in the zoo.

And the Glasgow keepers then very well knew.

Those friends needed to be a room made for two.

People thought it was strange to see two stuck like glue.

When one of them moved, the other did, too.

They stayed side by side, they were friends through and through.

The young G'Nu, Och Aye and his friend Kangaroo.

If Kanga was sad, OH!, Och Aye knew what to do.

He'd hop around the yard and say "I'm just like you!"

He would talk like the old friends that Kangaroo knew.

The koala, the dingo and platypus, too.

When Och Aye felt sad, OH!, as indeed we do.

Then the cheering up task was done by Kangaroo.

Och Aye missed his herd, he missed Africa, too.

They sang African songs and the lions joined in, too. ROAR!

Kangaroo was his friend and everyone knew.

That playing with one would mean playing with two.

They shared water and food and they shared blankets, too.

They shared a great love, did that Kanga and G'Nu.

When you got to Scotland, make sure that you do.

Take a trip just to see what's at Glasgow Zoo.

You might see those friends that could not break in two.

I mean Och Aye the G'Nu and his friend Kangaroo.