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Salamanda Palaganda

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Small girl with the smiling gibbon
Bridled with an orchid ribbon
His curved brow in Scarlatti fashion
Boots that ride the night sky eagle.
An old crone squirms upon a cushion
Made from Madras silk and satin
Her steel eyes hold a scimitar passion
For the skull hewn in Scarlatti fashion.
A cobra seer with the punctured ear
Slaughtered a Malayan sun bear
Night stood erect with bronzen haunches
Zapped the seer and gave the bear back to us
Salamanda Palaganda
Oh Palamino Blue
Salamanda Palaganda
June's buffalo too
In the Parisian zoo.

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oofus On Jun 24, 2001

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2001-06-24 16:29:57

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by buriedinmyskin

7y ago

This song is so great. That zoozoozoozoo and the crazy voices are so fun.

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