Jethro Tull- Look At The Animals

The tiny ant leaves his tiny ant drops in the sand,
And makes his home inside a rusty watering can,
Occasionally going out to look for bread and jam.

He runs into a sparrow who hasn't eaten for a week,
And later, quite contented, the sparrow cleans his beak,
Failing to notice pussy cat has come out to take a leak.

Our cat partakes of dinner when a sodden kangaroo
Emerges from the undergrowth and asks to use the loo.
Kangaroos aren't usually dangerous, for that would never do.

My goodness, will you look at all the animals queuing on the stairs!
Look at the animals in the zoo; how would you like to be one?
They're waiting to use the lavatory and putting chewing gum in each other's hair.
Look at the animals, look at you; well how would you like to free one?

Good gracious, will you look at all the animals playing with their tools!
Look at the animals, look at you; well how would you like to queer one?
Flying from the chandeliers and treading in their elephantine stools.
Look at the animals, two by two; aren't you glad to be one?

This kangaroo's a lunatic and his pouch is very full
Of pussy cats and penguins who can't fly as a rule,
But then neither could the pussy cat: he never went to school.

The kangaroo gets nervous when confronted by the size
Of an elephant named Simon who is always telling lies;
He swears he wears green corduroys and can button up his fly.

Presently, a fatter Simon's indigestion fails.
He regurgitates the whole damn mess into an aluminum pail,
And the tiny ant scuttles back inside his watering can
Occasionally going out to look for bread and jam.

Jethro Tull- Look At The Animals, from the album Nightcap: Chateau D'Isaster Tapes

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[PaulHartXYZ]

@GooGajoob224 Hey Goo. You can get this song and the rest of the lost Chateau D'isaster tapes on AMAZON. The name of the CD is NIGHTCAP by Jethro Tull. This 1991 CD has all unreleased Tull stuff... including the ill-fated Chateau tapes.

[GooGajoob224]

@PaulHartXYZ Do you know where I can find a copy or at the very least a converted mp3 file of those tapes?

[Aqualung71]

Oh alright, I thought so. Because his voice was much more deeper and raspier by then. I don't know if it was gone by then, but that is when it was starting to wane.

[PaulHartXYZ]

Hey Aqualung71.

That's Ian's voice from Dec. 1972... NOT 1993. I have the old bootleg of the Chateau D'isaster tapes. Anyway, Ian's voice sounded NOTHING like this in 1993. His voice was gone by then.

[PaulHartXYZ]

That's not true.

These are the ORIGINAL vocals Ian did in Dec. 72 - Jan. 73 (during the Chateau D'isaster recordings).

I have a bootleg recording from 1975 with this song on it. But you're partially correct... some flute and bass were added in 1993 to fill out the sound for the Night Cap release.

Anyway, Ian's voice sounded NOTHING like this in 1993. His voice was gone by then.

[Aqualung71]

Really? I didn't know that.

[add2718]

Gotta say that the last time Ian sings "occasionally going out to look for bread and jam" is one of my favorite vocal lines from him, ever. This song is great, although I gotta say that "Law of the Bungle Part II" is the best song on Nightcap disc 1. What a tremendous instrumental!!!!

[Amysupport]

The flute and vocals were not added until 1993.

[PaulHartXYZ]

Great forgotten song from the Chateau D'Isaster tapes (late 1972).

Thanks for posting this.