• How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em on the Reserve (After They've Seen Kunming)?

    From Jim Goulder@21:1/5 to All on Sat Feb 12 07:49:00 2022
    There and back again: The epic adventures of China's wandering
    elephants - BBC News

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58196663

    China watches on as a herd of elephants wanders from town to town,
    causing over $1 million in damage - ABC News

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-03/elephants-on-the-loose-in-china/100181904


    To: "How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (After They've
    Seen Paree)?" [Walter Donaldson, music; Joe Young and Sam M.
    Lewis, lyrics, 1919]

    How 'ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen
    Paree?)- Arthur Fields

    https://youtu.be/9xlPY9H0Iyk

    How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm? (After They've Seen Paree)
    (Karaoke)

    https://youtu.be/uhjvW9rZx30


    VERSE 1

    Down in Yunnan there's some park land just for elephants.
    But one herd has got wanderlust,
    Moving north, 'cause travel they must.
    Now they're online heroes and a boffo wildlife act.
    The Chinese government's been hoping that from COVID they'll distract.


    CHORUS 1

    How 'ya gonna keep 'em on the reserve after they've seen Kunming?
    How 'ya gonna keep 'em from chowin' down on acres of corn, at night, noon,
    and morn?
    How 'ya gonna tell 'em they have some nerve? That's the tricky thing.
    They may devour crops of sugarcane,
    But cuddly creatures they'll still remain.
    How 'ya gonna keep 'em on the reserve after they've seen Kunming?


    VERSE 2

    Off in London some zookeepers dare to speculate:
    Elephants are kinda like us,
    But they cannot get on a bus.
    No one knows just why they're trekking,
    Or just where they're bound,
    But these peripatetic pachyderms are set to break new ground.


    CHORUS 2

    How 'ya gonna keep 'em on the reserve after they've seen Kunming?
    How 'ya gonna keep 'em from chowin' down on acres of corn, at night, noon,
    and morn?
    How 'ya gonna tell 'em they have some nerve? That's the tricky thing.
    They may break into vats of alcohol,
    But they're the most endearing drunks of all.
    How 'ya gonna keep 'em on the reserve after they've seen Kunming?

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