The Cockee In Seat 10-D by Clifton53


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The Song Challenge: Is That A Baby Budgie In Your Pants, Or Are You Just Glad To See Me? -- RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) -- With parrots and snakes in his luggage and bird eggs tucked into his underwear, an Austrian tourist has been arrested and charged for animal trafficking, Brazilian police said on Wednesday. "He put (the eggs) near his testicles so they would be at nest temperature," a police spokesman said. Police discovered 21 parrots, four parakeets and two snakes hidden in two large suitcases carried by Austrian botanist Johann Zillinger. hey also found Zillinger had rolled five parakeet eggs into a sock and nestled them in his underwear. "Since some of the parakeets that he had with him were newborns, we assume that some of the eggs had already hatched." Tipped off by an anonymous call, Rio de Janeiro police arrested the Austrian on Monday in front of his Copacabana beach hotel, as he climbed into a taxi on his way to catch a flight to Europe. According to police, Zillinger bought the animals in the Amazon port city of Belen and planned to take them to Austria to sell them in Europe.

The Cockee In Seat 10-D by Clifton53
(Tune is "The Cockee of Bangaree"}

My name is Johann Zillinger come listen to my tale
I smuggle snakes and parakeets,everything's for sale
Come listen to the story
You can take it straight from me
I'll tell you all how I became
The Cockee in seat 10-D

In Austria there are no beasts as tropical as these
But in Brazil they're plentiful, they grow right in the trees
So I went down to Belen
Bought as many as I pleased
And started back to earn me fame
The Cockee in seat 10-D

Now smugglin' eggs is no small feat, it's somethin' you can't botch
I wrapped them in a handkerchief and tucked 'em in me crotch
And the profit will be lovely
I'll have a rare 'ol spree
And fame and fortune will be mine
The Cockee in seat 10-D

I tucked the snakes and parrots down within me bags so stout
And wrapped 'em with some extra rags so the buggers don't get out
But the fragile little bird eggs
I kept them close to me
A gentle note down by me scrote
The Cockee in seat 10-D

But how the story ends me boys, I really should explain
They'll tell this tale for years and years with a loud and happy refrain
I got busted in the taxi
They locked me up you see
I never even got on board
The Cockee in seat 10-D