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The Sloth
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Flanders & Swann
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A Bradypus, or Sloth, am I,
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I live a life of ease
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Contented not to do or die,
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But idle as I please
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I have three toes on either foot, Or half a doz. on both
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With leaves and fruits, and shoots to eat,
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How sweet to be a Sloth
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The world is such a cheerful place
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When viewed from upside-down;
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It makes a rise of every fall,
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A smile of every frown;
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I watch the fleeting flutter by
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Of butterfly or moth
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And think of all the things I'd try
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If I were not a Sloth.
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I could climb the very highest Himalayas,
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Be among the greatest ever tennis players,
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Win at chess or marry a Princess or
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Study hard and be an eminent professor.
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I could be a millionaire, play the clarinet,
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Travel everywhere,
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Learn to cook, catch a crook,
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Win a war then write a book about it.
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I could paint a Mona Lisa,
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I could be another Caesar.
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Compose an oratorio that was sublime.
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The door's not shut on my genius but
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I just don't have the time!
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For days and days among the trees
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I sleep and dream and doze
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Just gently swaying in the breeze
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Suspended by my toes
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While eager beavers overhead
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Rush through the undergrowth
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I watch the clouds beneath my feet;
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How sweet to be a Sloth.
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