In the white hot Africa
In its central part
Once, outside the schedule
Happened a tragedy

Elephant said on the spur
There will be a flood
One Giraffe fell in love
With an Antelope.

Then everybody got upset
And only wise old Parrot said
Loud and clear, above the rest:
"Giraffe is tall - he knows best."

"What’s the big deal she has the horns?"
Exclaimed Giraffe with love,
"These days in our fauna
We are equal - everyone."

"If my own family
Won’t be pleased with her
Don’t you blame it all on me
I will leave the herd."

Then everybody got upset
And only wise old Parrot said
Loud and clear, above the rest:
"Giraffe is tall - he knows best."

Antelope’s father
Doesn’t need such son
We can tell he’d rather
See him dead and gone.

And the Giraffes’ in-law grumbles
"How d’you like this dope?"
So Giraffe moved to the Bisons
With his Antelope.

Then everybody got upset
And only wise old Parrot said
Loud and clear, above the rest:
"Giraffe is tall - he knows best."

In the yellow, hot Africa
There is no idyll
He-Giraffe and she-Giraffe
Are crying bitter tears

Only they can’t help their lot
No laws to live by them
Their own daughter got
Married to a Bison.

Giraffe might not been right
But he’s innocent, alright,
Who is to blame? The one who said:
"Giraffe’s tall - he knows best."