The Pelican Can!

*to the tune of “The Candy Man” from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory*

Who can take a sunfish
Sunning near her mouth
Cover it with beaky and then slide it in her pouch
The pelican!
The pelican can!
The pelican can ’cause she mixes it with blood and makes the fish taste good
Who can take a rainbow trout
Swimming merrily
Dip it in the lake and make a goody for her beak
The pelican!
The pelican can!
The pelican can ’cause she mixes it with blood and makes the fish taste good
The pelican she makes
Everything she takes
Satisfying and delicious
Talk about your fledgling wishes
You can eat up all the fishes!
Who can take two marlins
Dip ’em in a stream
Separate the salt out and collect the tasty meat
The pelican!
The pelican can!
The pelican can ’cause she mixes it with blood and makes the fish taste good
And the fish tastes good . . . because the pelican thinks it should

A juvenile pelican (american white pelican; Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) stretches its gular pouch at White Rock Lake in Dallas, TX