Animal Crackers
When I was a kid and I got the croup,
My mama would make me chicken soup.
Then as a special treat just for me,
She'd add an animal cracker menagerie.
Animal crackers, oh, what fun,
Like Noah's ark, only one by one.
Dancin', and prancin', and jumpin' through hoops,
I had my very own circus right there in my soup.
There were all of the animals in the zoo,
A camel, a zebra, hippopotamus, too,
Monkeys and chimps doin' loop-the-loops,
All splishin' and splashin' around in my soup.
When a tiger, or lion, or grizzly bear
Would try to elude me, I didn't care.
I'd chase him around and around in my bowl,
'til I'd catch him, and bite him, and swallow him whole.
If your kids balk at vegetables, though they should
Eat lots of them because they're good,
The little dears' cooperation you can recoup,
Put veggie animal crackers in their soup.
Animal crackers, oh, what fun,
And even though my mama's gone,
And I no longer get the croup,
I still like animal crackers and chicken soup.
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