We Are Jonah

And the well known fox

stepped up to make his speech

His ship was on the rocks

and rescue out of reach

spotlit he stood

said what he thought he should

Half the crowd did laugh

though there was no joke

and soon the other half

were swallowed up in smoke

a robber on the wing

could be heard to sing

the strangest thing...

Grandma

We are Jonah

rolling along

in the teeth of the whale

Then the plane did land

for some it did not crash

From it emerged a man

in trainers and moustache

down he laid his load

upon the hated road

Then the road did part

and the tar did melt

he loosened up his heart

he tightened up his belt

like a piece of string

then he began to sing

like a pearly king !

Grandma

We are Jonah

rolling along

in the teeth of the whale

Then the scene did shift

to a sunkissed sea

there was Montgomery Clift,

Jonah, the whale and me

as the sun it set

Montgomery placed his bet

Then the whale did yawn

and fell asleep in four

from dusk till dawn

you should have heard him snore

from Tierra Del Fuego

to the Alaskan snows...

There she blows...

Grandma

We are Jonah

rolling along

in the teeth of the whale

My dear old Grandma

We are Jonah

rolling along

in the teeth of the whale!