Old Man Emu



Old Man Emu is a Wiggles cover song from Wiggly Safari originally preformed and written by John Williamson.

Musicians

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Sam Moran, Paul Paddick, Mark Punch
 * Additional Vocals - Steve Irwin
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Electric Guitar - Mark Punch
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field
 * Drums - Tony Henry
 * Jew Harp/Percussion - Steve Machamer
 * Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay

Song Lyrics
Let me tell you of an interview with an Old Man Emu

He's got a beak and feathers and things

But the poor old fella ain't got no wings

Aren't you jealous of the wedge-tail eagle?

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

"While the eagle's flying round and round

I keep my two feet firmly on the ground

Now, I can't fly, but I'm telling you

I can run the pants of a kangaroo"

Ba-da-da-da-doo-do-doo-doo-da-doo-da-doo-doo

He can't fly, but I'm telling you

He can run the pants of a kangaroo

Well he was the model for the fifty cents

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

The designer should have had more sense

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

"If you take a look, it'll prove to you

I ran the pants off that kangaroo"

Ba-da-doo-doo-da-doo-doo-doo, doo-da-doo-da-doo-doo

Take a look it'll prove to you

He ran the pants off the kangaroo

You can't loop the loop like a cockatoo

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

Swoop and toss like an albatross

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

"You silly galah, I'm better by far

Than a white cockatoo or a budgerigar

They squeak and squawk and try to talk

Why me and them's like cheese and chalk"

Ba-da-doo-doo-da-doo-doo-doo, doo-da-doo-da-doo-doo

He can't fly but I'm telling you

He can run the pants off a kangaroo

Well the last time I saw Old Man Emu

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

He was chasing a female he knew

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

As he shot past I heard him say

"She can't fly, but I'm telling you

She could run the pants off a kangaroo"

Ba-da-doo-doo-da-doo-doo-doo, doo-da-doo-da-doo-doo

She can't fly but I'm telling you

She could run the pants of a kangaroo

Well there is a moral to this ditty

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

Thrush can sing but he ain't pretty

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

Duck can swim, but he can't sing

Nor can the eagle on the wing

Emu can't fly, but I'm telling you

He can run the pants off a kangaroo

Well the kookaburra laughed and said "It's true"

Oom-ba-da-liddle-da-da-da

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-hoo

He can run the pants off a kangaroo

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha"