Goings On In Rio by Amos


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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.

Goings On In Rio by Amos
(Tune: Green Alligators (Shel Silverstein/Irish Rovers) )

Now sweet Felicia down old Rio way
Needed to earn a buck in that age-old way
So she grabbed herself a tourist, and was making free,
Until she had a feel in his BVDs!!

The lure of a schilling was soon remote
And she yelled,"Stand back, what's in your overcoat?"
He says, "Hey lassie, it's what I do!
I'm just a travelin' zoo!, I've got...

Green Parakeeters and long-necked snakes
And eggs where you wouldn't think an egg could break
In his pockets and his carry ons, but sure as you please,
The loveliest of all was in his BVDs

Felicia ran out, and made a call
Her trick and made her ardor pall!
She dialed Brazo 7-8313
And she hollered to her pal on the Rio PD:

He's got green Parakeeters and long-necked snakes
And eggs where you wouldn't think an egg could break!
In his pockets and his carry ons, but sure as you please,
The loveliest of all is in his BVDs

Now, that poor guy got his dose of fame,
The cops didn't think it was just silly games
They took him to the precinct and they checked him in,
And the warden told him, "Strip to yore skin!"
And here's what they found...

There was green Parakeeters and long-necked snakes
And eggs where you wouldn't think an egg could break!
In his pockets and his carry ons, but sure as you please,
The loveliest of all was in his BVDs