Goin' To The Zoo

Words & Music:

Tom Paxton

 

C                                      F             G7

Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow.

C                                          F      G7        C

Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, and we can stay all day.

 

CHORUS:

                   F                         C

We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo.  How about you, you, you?

             G7                                 C    G7   C

You can come too, too, too.  We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo.

 

See the elephant with the long trunk swingin'.  Great big ears and the long trunk swingin'.

Snuffin' up the peanuts with the long trunk swingin' and we can stay all day.

 

CHORUS:

 

Great big bear, all huff-puffa-puffin' his coat's too heavy, he's a -huff-puffa-puffin'

Don't get too near the huff-puffa-puffin' or you won't stay all day!

 

CHORUS

 

Seals in the pool, all honk-honk-honkin', swimmin' around and honk-honk-honkin'

Little baby seals all honk-honk-honkin' and we can stay all day.

 

CHORUS

 

See all the monkeys, they're skritch-skritch-scratchin',

Jumpin' around and skritch-skritch-scratchin'

Hangin' by their long tails, skritch-skritch-scratchin' and we can stay all day.

 

CHORUS

 

[slower]

We stayed all day, and I'm gettin' sleepy. (*Yawn!*)  I'm gettin' sleepy.

Home already and I'm sleep, sleep sleepy, 'cause we have stayed all day.

 

CHORUS:

We've been to the zoo, zoo, zoo.  How about you, you, you?

You came too, too, too.  We've been to the zoo, zoo, zoo.

 

[a tempo]

Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow.

Daddy's takin' us to the zoo tomorrow, and we can stay all day.

 

ORIGINAL CHORUS [2x]