TALES THAT SHOULDN'T BE TOLD
(Tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic)
I went fishing at the lake one day
With worms and pole and pail,
To catch a fish for supper,
But instead, I caught a whale.
I crawled upon his slippery back,
And took myself a ride,
But he swam too fast and I slipped off
And landed right inside.

Glory, glory, hallelujah,
That's a tall tale I told to ya.
Shakes and shivers running through ya,
(Spoken)  Here's another one, Worse than the other one.

An astronaut invited me
To take a ride in space,
We blasted off one morning,
For a most unusual place
We landed on a planet
After many weeks of flight,
We saw three headed elephants,
A most unusual sight.

Glory, glory, hallelujah,
That's a tall tale I told ya,
Do you believe that it is true, ya?
(Spoken) Well, it's not.

I dug a hole to plant a tree
One warm and sunny day,
I dug so deep I couldn't get out
To run and jump and play.
I thought to keep on digging
Was the best thing I could do;
So I made a hole clear through the world,
And then I fell right through.

Glory, glory, hallelujah,
That's the last tall tale I'll tell to you.
Aren't you glad that I am through, ya?
(Spoken) Thank goodness:

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  ©2003 W. T. Smith