Och Aye Gets the Flu



Och Aye Gets the Flu is a poem from The Recorded Poems of Och Aye the G'Nu.

Credits

 * Audio Engineer: Jeff McCormack
 * Jimmy Barnes: Poetry Reading
 * Jackie Barnes: Percussion, Sound Effects and Vocals
 * Jeff Fatt: Piano and Animal Noises
 * Additional Noises by Paul and Murray

Poem
We all know in the cold we must always wear shoes. But it;'s hard if you've hooves just like horses or g'nus. They feel fine for a time, but to tell you what's true. He likes his four feet does old Och Aye the G'Nu.

The snow felt so cold and deliciously new. He ran out of his house and he kicked off his shoes. And he jumped and he skipped and he danced the day through. Only hen he could see that his hooves his turned blue.

But he played on for hours, then let out an AAAACHOO! And he felt hot and sickly so he asked Kangaroo, "What could make my nose run and eyes bright red, too?" He said, "You've caught a cold, poor old Och Aye the G'Nu."

Kanga made a hot drink full of herbs boiled and brewed. Then he added some lemons that the snake squeezed to juice. "The bees gave me honey so the best thing to do. Is to drink it right down, then to bed, you sweet G'Nu."

"And I've knitted a blanket with some wool from the ewes. They gave fleece off their backs," declared Kangaroo. "Flocks of birds with their beaks sewed your name on it, too. To help fight off the cold, just for Och Aye the G'Nu."

He coughed and he groaned and he sneezed, "achoo!" whispering, "phew!" "I don't like feeling ill," he told his friend Kangaroo. "Well, you must stay in bed, there's nothin' else you can do!" And cold will soon pass, my dear Och Aye the G'Nu."

The next day Och Aye woke and yelled out, "YAHOO!" Not a trace of that cold, he felt great! Good as new! So to thank his good friends he ran all round the zoo. And he gathered up flowers for his friend Kangaroo.

So remember that everyone, and that means you, too. Can come down with a cold or could even get the flu. So best keep warm and dry as your mother tells you. Or you might end up sick like poor Och Aye the G'Nu.