The Museum Song from Barnum
Quite a lotta
Roman Terracotta,
Living lava from the flanks of Etna,
Statuary,
Ride a Dromedary,
See the temple tumble and the Red Sea part.
MacNamera's band,
the fattest lady in the land,
A pickled prehistoric hand,
a strand of Pocahontas' hair.
Crow and Sioux
who're going to
be showing you
Some rowing through
a model of the rapids on the Delaware.
Armadillas,
clever caterpillars,
Reproductions of the cyclops retina,
Crystal blowing,
automatic sewing,
Venus on a shell
and other works of art.
Educated fleas,
a tribe of Aboriginees,
Two ladies joined across the knees,
A Mona Lisa made of ice.
Hottentots,
we've gotten in
Forgotten spots,
a cotton gin,
A night with Lot in Sodom,
better see that twice.
One iguana,
snakes and other fauna,
Got no bearded lady
but we're gettin’ a,
When you duck out,
take another buck out,
Run around the block and see a
Run around the block and see a
Run around the block and see a
new show start.