Let’s Swap Tales When the world was an apple, spinning on a pole The animals would gather at the water hole The newt and the zebra, the tiger and the bear Would talk about their business in the morning there, oh yeah Well one day a monkey in a sassafrass Espied a little bunny grazin’ in the grass He said, “Hey B’rer Rabbit! It’s plain to see that all the other monkeys would envy me If I had a tail, all white and furry that I could flash like you when I’s in a hurry,” oh yeah The rabbit looked up, at the monkey there And thought about hangin’ high up in the air He said “I’d exchange with you, if I only could,” But the monkey knew how to make it good He said “I know of a rock where wishes are granted by the light of the moon when a certain seed is planted” oh yeah So Let’s Swap Tails, let’s swap tails Give me yours and I will give you mine So they found that special seed and they went on their way They got to that rock the very next day By the light of the moon, that seed was planted And quick as a flash their wishes were granted! Now they each possessed the others tail And they laughed and they danced on the homeward trail, oh yeah Now the monkey was happy with the effect he had It made th’other monkeys jealous, and some of them mad They said, “What good is that? You ain’t no winner You can’t hang from that thing to gather your dinner” But the monkey turned around, and just for spite As he walked away his tail flashed white, oh yeah Now the rabbit discovered, despite his whims He could only hang from the lowest limbs And while he revelled in his new ability He did not posess the monkey’s agility And then a fox saw him hangin’ one day and he said “I see my next meal out on display!” oh yeah Well, the rabbit spied the fox, and went off runnin’ But you know the fox relied more on his cunning The rabbit reached his burrow and in he scooted But wasn’t aware that his tail protruded When the fox came by, he saw it there And began to pull the rabbit from out his lair, oh yeah he said Let’s Swap Tails, let’s swap tails Give me yours, I sure will give you mine (just gimme yours first, you unnerstand) Now the monkey was starvin’ up in his tree When he heard the rabbit holler “Oh please help me!” He quick turned around and he flashed his warning To where a lion was resting on a hill that morning The King of the Beasts sez, “What do I see? It looks like a rabbit up a sassafrass tree!” He went to investigate with all his pride The fox let go and ran to hide Then the lion roared “How does it happen that all this fuss disturbs my nappin?” So the rabbit and the monkey explained their plight And just what happened that moonlit night But the lion laughed, he said “You’ve come out on top Now you really got one good tale to swap!” Let’s Swap Tales, lets swap tales Tell me yours and I will tell you mine Let’s Swap Tales, lets swap tales Tell me yours and I will tell you mine Let’s Swap Tales, lets swap tales Let’s Swap Tales, lets swap tales Let’s Swap Tales 2021 02 21 j coleman