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C long time ago when the earth was green
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There was more kinds of animals than you'd ever seen
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They'd run around free while the world was being born
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But the loveliest of them all was the unicorn
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There was green alligators and long necked geese
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Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
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Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
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The loveliest of all was the unicorn.
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Now god seen some sinning and it gave him a pain
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And he says, stand back, "I'm going to make it rain!"
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He says, "Hey, brother Noah I'll tell you what to do,
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Build me a floating zoo,"
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"and take some of them…."
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Green alligators and long necked geese,
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Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
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Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born.
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Don't you forget my unicorn."
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Old Noah was there to answer the call,
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He finished up making the ark just as the rain started pourin'
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He marched in the animals two by two,
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And he called out as they went through,
"Hey lord,"
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I got your green alligators and long necked geese,
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Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees,
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Some cats and rats and elephants, but lord, I'm so forlorn,
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I just can't see no unicorn!"
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Then Noah looked out through the driving rain,
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Them unicorns were hiding, playing silly games.
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Kicking and splashing while the rain was pourin'
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Oh, them silly unicorns!"
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There were green alligators and long necked geese,
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Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
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Noah cried, "Close the door cause the rain's pourin'
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And we just can't wait for those unicorn!"
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The ark started moving, it drifted with the tides,
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Them unicorns looked up from the rocks and they cried.
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And the waters came down and sort of floated them away,
And that's why ya never seen a unicorn to this very day.
[Chorus]
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You'll see green alligators and long necked geese,
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Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees.
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Some cats and rats elephants, but sure as you're born,
You're never gonna see no u--ni---corn