When I See An Elephant Fly

Album: Dumbo (1941)
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  • (Ha-ha-ha-ha)
    (Did you ever see an elephant fly?)
    (Well, I seen a horsefly)
    (And I seen a dragonfly)
    (Yeah, I seen a housefly)
    (Ha-ha-ha-ha)

    Yeah, I seen all that too

    I seen a peanut stand, heard a rubber band
    I seen a needle that winked its eye
    But I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
    When I see a elephant fly

    (What d'you say, boy?) I said when I see a elephant fly

    I seen a front porch swing, heard a diamond ring
    I seen a polka-dot railroad tie
    But I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
    When I see a elephant fly

    (I saw a clothes horse, he r'ar up and buck)
    (And they tell me that a man made a vegetable truck)
    (I didn't see that, I only heard)
    (But just to be sociable, I'll take your word)

    (I heard a fireside chat, I saw a baseball bat)
    (And I just laughed till I thought I'd die)
    But I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
    When I see a elephant fly

    Well I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
    When I see a elephant fly (With the wings)
    When I see an elephant fly Writer/s: Ned Washington, Oliver Wallace
    Publisher: BOURNE CO.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Rufus from San Clemente, CaWell I be done seen...
  • Zabadak from London, EnglandAlthough this is a charming song from a charming film, it does include some racial stereotyping. Acceptable in the day, perhaps...
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