A Menagerie Mystery Tour II

Let's take a menagerie mystery tour

through the animal songs of the Fabulous Four!

T'was one of the Beatles' most endearing features

to pen many songs about non-human creatures

So, here they are! Paul's, George's, Ringo's and John's

critters who crawled in and out of their songs!

Man's Best Friend; there's a fine place to start,

so let's meet the sheepdog who melted Paul's heart;

Martha, his love, always kept him delighted,

and yapped from on high when the good Sir was knighted

on The Beatles' White album, a black bird gets mentioned

it's Paul's allegory about racial tensions

And then there is Rocky, the feisty raccoon

who finds his salvation above a saloon

John gives us Henry the Horse, and his waltz

in his whimsical circus song, laden with shmaltz

"I Am The Walrus!", obscurely sang John

causing listeners to ponder just WHAT he was on

curiouser and curiouser the song's lyrics grow

till penguins are kicking poor E. Allen Poe!

Before "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"'s refrain

a lizard slinks by on a slick window pane

and later, to prove he was nobody's flunky

John sang that he'd nothing to hide, nor his monkey

George, feeling righteous; t'was often his wont 

penned 'Piggies', the rich upper classes to taunt

while Ringo's no wordsmith, he (begging his pardon)

still managed an octopus tending his garden

and still there were more of their animal cronies;

George followed a Blue Jay, while John dug a pony;

Elephants, tigers, a bulldog or two

The Beatles bequeathed us a musical zoo!

And though it was love songs that gave them their fame

let's recall that a crawler provided their name!