Name: The Benthic Boogie
Duration: P00H04M42S
Description: feat. Damian Watkiss, Monique Le Lievre, Manny Manolis, Broometime Singers, Broome Primary Choir

The Benthic Boogie

from The Shorebird Quest: Songs from the Original Broome Musical by The Shorebird Quest

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feat. Damian Watkiss, Monique Le Lievre, Manny Manolis, Broometime Singers, Broome Primary Choir

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I’m a polychaet, but we may never meet
Coz’ I stay real discrete
In the mud beneath your feet

Some of us are eat-EN
By shorebirds it is true
But baby don’t eat the green one!
They taste like slimy spew!

Well it ain’t grey crud,
It’s all about the mud
The Benthic Boogie

CHORUS
The Benthic Boogie (repeat 4 times)
Well it ain’t grey crud!
It’s ALL about the mud!
The Benthic Boogie

Come with me to the edge of the tide
Where the bivalves like to hide
I don’t mean to burst with pride
But I can tell when there’s nothing inside

Sew that mud with your bill!
Pick em’ out! Eat your fill!
Eat em’ whole, swallow em’ down!
In your tummy, churn em’ around!

Well it ain’t grey crud,
It’s all about the mud
The Benthic Boogie

CHORUS

I’m Curtis, the Curlew!
Something I like to do
Is crabbing! Yes it’s true!
I hear you like crabbing too!
I don’t need a giant hook
I got my giant face
Down burrows in the mud
I probe it on the chase

It looks funny, yes it’s true!
But it’s a very useful tool!
The Benthic Boogie!

CHORUS

SCAT BREAKDOWN

Pack on the fat x4

SPOKEN VERSE
When it’s time to migrate
I gotta put on some weight
Coz I have got a date!
And in the arctic you can’t be late!

So I go to my favourite crab hole
And I probe my bill inside
Gotta catch your fill now
Look out! Here comes the tide!

Well it ain’t grey crud!
It’s ALL about the mud!
The Benthic Boogie

CHORUS

Well it ain’t grey crud!
It’s ALL about the mud!
The Benthic Boogie

Well it ain’t grey crud!
It’s ALL about the mud!
The Benthic Boogie

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from The Shorebird Quest: Songs from the Original Broome Musical, released December 9, 2019
J. Jackett

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