- Aska Me
Aska me about Alaska, if you care a tinker´s damn.
What I have to say about the Russian Bear and Uncle Sam.
Vitus Bering rediscovered Streights that somehow Bear his name,
After they had been discovered many times before he came.
Alexander Baranov, Administra(i)tor to the Czar, Sat in Sitka with his books and paintings, eating caviar.
Then, in 1867, Seward bought it for a song; Sing a song of seven million, and a fifth of something Strong.
Playing for itself in gold, some twenty times the price he payed, "Seward´s Folly" was, by golly, where a killing could be made.
1912, a territory, 1952, a state.
- Enough About Human Rights
Enough about Human Rights
What about Whale Rights?
What about Snail Rights?
What about Seal Rights?
What about Eel Rights?
What about Coon Rights?
What about Loon Rights?
What about Wolf Rights?
- Moondog Monologue
"no matter where i came from," i say,
"no matter where i go
to me, what matters is where i am on this day"
let me identify myself now
songsters both, and both clad in brown
the hermit thrush and i dwell far out of town
- Pigmy Pig
Pigmy Pig, how big you are, big as Pigmy Seal.
Pigmy Corn, how big you are, big as Pigmy Eal.
Pigmy Elk, how big you are, big as Pigmy Bear.
Pigmy Yam, how big you are, big as Pigmy Hare.
Pigmy Ox, how big you are, big as Pigmy Moose.
Pigmy Leek, how big you are, big as Pigmy Goose.
Pigmy Squash, how big you are, big as Pigmy Coon.
Pigmy Clam, how big you are, big as Pigmy Prune.