Scientific Courtship (Professor Sings)
Anon
Genre: | Song, Drollery |
Subjects: | Zoological Gardens, Zoology, Taxonomy, Nutrition, Animal Behaviour |
A serenade sung by a professor to his beloved in a zoological garden. He notes that while they both have fangs 'named canine', which ally humans 'to the carnivora', they eat 'all varieties of food' and so both he, his beloved, and 'the piggywiggies' are omnivorous. | |
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