[Pettifer:]
Whenever you're my way,
Quite close to Ratcliffe Highway,
Just look at my large stock-in-trade,
[Chorus:]
trade, trade.
[Pettifer:]
I've all things on sale, O!
A winkle or a whale O!
I'll forward at once, carriage paid.
[Chorus:]
paid, paid.
[Pettifer:]
A lamb, or a lion,
I'm ready to supply on
Demand, or a nice little bow...
[Chorus:]
wow, wow.
[Pettifer:]
A leopard first-rate, or
a fine alligator,
A marmoset, an ostrich, a camel or a cow.
[Chorus:]
or a cow, cow, cow.
[Pettifer:]
You'll find that mine are not
At all expensive terms,
For early birds I've got
Some extra special worms,
And then I've safe and snug
A Polar bear or two,
So poor old maids may get a hug
Inside my zoo, zoo, zoo.
[Chorus:]
You'll find that his are not
At all expensive terms,
For early birds he's got
Some extra special worms,
And then he's safe and snug
A Polar bear or two,
So poor old maids may get a hug
Inside his zoo, zoo, zoo.
[Pettifer:]
I've always been noted,
When companies are floated,
For finding a nice guinea-pig,
[Chorus:]
pig, pig!
[Pettifer:]
My storks more or less'll
recall the Hotel Cecil,
Their bills are so long and so big,
[Chorus:]
big, big!
[Pettifer:]
Card-sharpers may meet, Ah!
With such a cunning cheetah!
And gamblers can play ducks and drakes,
[Chorus:]
drakes, drakes!
[Pettifer:]
If drunkards should roam there,
they'll feel quite at home there,
And even strict abstainers
may see a lot of snakes,
[Chorus:]
lot of snakes, snakes, snakes!
[Pettifer:]
I've ravens black as night;
There also may be seen
Some cockatoos in white,
Some parrots red and green,
But all their splendour pales
With my macaws in view;
I call them "Pink 'uns" for their tails
Are short and blue, blue, blue!
[Chorus:]
He's ravens black as night;
There also may be seen
Some cockatoos in white,
Some parrots red and green,
But all their splendour pales
With his macaws in view;
He calls them "Pink 'uns" for their tails
Are short and blue, blue, blue!