the whale

here's a song about a whale

with a most amazing appetite

in san francisco town there lived a whale

who ate pork chops by the pale

by the pill-box

by the suitcase

by the bathtub

by the schooner

her name was sara and she's a peach

but you can't leave food within her reach

nor nurse-maids

nor airedales

nor chocolate ice cream sodas

she eats a lot but when she smiles

you can see her teeth for miles and miles

and her adenoids

and her spare ribs

and things too fierce to mention

so what can you do in a case like that?

what can you do except sit on your hat

or your toothbrush

or your grandmother

or anything else that's helpless