Tom Paxton - I Don't Want a Bunny-Wunny lyrics

Spoken "I though we would do a little song now for, uh, Jimmy Carter. Poor old Jimmy Carter, the Charlie Brown of American politics. You know, when you think about it, you don't hear an awful lot of Jimmy Carter songs, so I thought "Well, I'll fill that gap.". Poor guy, things never seemed to go too well for him and you could kinda they weren't ever gonna, after the confrontation with the swimming rabbit. Did you read about that? It really happened. People don't believe it but I happen to have a picture of it at home. That there was President of the United States, sitting in a row boat, on a pond, somewhere in Georgia, just catching a couple of rays, I suppose, and he looked up from his revere and what did he see but this furry head cutting the water with the obvious intention of boarding ship. And it was a rabbit, for God's sake, they're not even supposed to swim, and here it came "num num num num num num num num na". Panic broke out on the presidential yacht and there was Jimmy Carter splashing with his paddle, shouting, "shoe, shoe" or "get". Finally the rabbit got the point, turned around, and swam towards the bank where it was wrestled to the ground by Secret Service agents and led away in disgrace. Understandably, the President's men tried to suppress this story, and who can blame them? Um, wouldn't you? But what rotten luck. Somebody told me about it and that was that. What was I supposed to do, let that one go by without a song? I could never have faced myself; I was forced by my sense of duty to write this factually, and touching, ballad" President Carter got into his boat Wasn't in a hurry; wanted to float Think about the country, think about sin Along swum a rabbit and he tried to climb in And what did Jimmy say? I don't want a bunny-wunny in my widdle wow boat In my widdle wow boat in the pond For the bunny might be crazy and he bite me in the twoat In my widdle wow boat in the pond I don't want a bunny-wunny in my widdle wow boat In my widdle wow boat in the pond For the bunny might be crazy and he bite me in the twoat In my widdle wow boat Spoken "You're just dying to sing that one, aren't you? I know, you probably sat out a few of the other ones but this one you've just got to get into. It don't blame you; I don't blame you. Okay, I tell you what. Let's learn this thing in two, two phases. First we'll learn the words, which do stand up as poetry, uh, b-before we tackle the intricate and incredibly demanding melody. Just, uh, just to review briefly, the now lyric is "I don't want a bunny-wunny in my widdle wow boat, in my widdle wow boat, in the pond/ For the bunny might be crazy and he bite me in the twoat/In my widdle wow boat in the pond." Little internal rhyme there just to show the poets I can smoke. Okay, let's try this one together now, nobody chickens out. Ready? One and two" I don't want a bunny-wunny in my widdle wow boat In my widdle wow boat in the pond Why? For the bunny might be crazy and he bite me in the twoat In my widdle wow boat in Vewy good. You're weady to sing it now I don't want a bunny-wunny in my widdle wow boat In my widdle wow boat in the pond For the bunny might be crazy and he bite me in the twoat In my widdle wow boat in the pond What a lovley sound Things get more dramatic now Look at him swimming, look at him fly Ears laid back and a gleam in his eye Hissing though his front teeth, swimmin' like a seal If you were the President, how would you feel? You'd prob'ly say "I don't want a bunny-wunny in my widdle wow boat In my widdle wow boat in the pond For the bunny might be crazy and he bite me in the twoat In my widdle wow boat in the pond" Sing it yourselves, now, ready? I don't (want a bunny-wunny in my widdle wow boat In my widdle wow boat in the pond) Why? (For the bunny might be crazy and he bite me in the twoat In my widdle wow boat in the pond) Spoken "Isn't it increadable what people will do if you just ask 'em to? I mean, did you just hear yourselves? Fully grown, responsible adults, "I don't want a bunny wunny in my widdle wow boat" President Carter saved the day Splashed with a paddle; rabbit swam away Jimmy was a hero, felt it in his bones Said in the words of John Paul Jones Said in the words of John Paul: I don't want a bunny-wunny in my widdle wow boat In my widdle wow boat in the pond For the bunny might be crazy and he bite me in the twoat In my widdle wow boat in the pond In my widdle wow boat in the pond