National Water Week

Song: Putrid and Pongy

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One, two three, doesn't look right to me,
Use your eyes man,
What can you see ... ey!

One, two, three, it's a cow's dunny,
Creatures dying,
Not a shrub, not a tree ... wo!

One, two, three, something bothers me,
Use your nose man,
What could it be ... ough!

One, two, three, putrid and pongy,
The water's sick man,
It could poison me ...agh!

Kids say:
"What's this bluey-greeny stuff?
It stinks!"
"I wouldn't swim in that!
It's too murky".
"There's a dead fish over here!"
"It's too creepy—too quiet.
I haven't heard a frog
Around here for years!".

Written by Nick Vall, 1995