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I'm a walker, but my stick is getting shorter and shorter
Like a diagram of the Descent of Man but in reverse
And walking these days takes a little longer than it ought to
It won't be long before I'm RIPing in a hearse

But first, I've got a point to get across
And I won't be pushing daisies till I've made a proper fuss
If I'm dead before I've said it, it'll make me really cross
People need to know that once upon a time the monkeys...
...were one of us.

Or we were one of them. I suppose it’sthe same difference, really. Strictly speaking, we are descended from a common progenitor, you understand. Anyway...

I'm an explorer, but my sense of exploration's getting poorer
I haven't been abroad since I got off that blasted boat
And if you detect a certain resignation in my aura:
I realise that my demise lies decreasingly remote

But first, they've got to let me state my case
It would be an awful pity if my theory went to waste
And if you see a monkey and detect a certain trace
Of resemblance, it's because yours and its great-great-ancestor...
...were the same race.

And it's tr-oooh!-oooh!-oooh!
I'm telling y-oooh!-oooh!-oooh!
And I am thr-oooh!-oooh!-oooh!
With all these people trying to poooh!-poooh! mee!-ee!-ee!
It's oooh!-oooh!-oooh!
And it’s eeeh!-eeeh!-eeeh!
And I am oooh! oooh! oooh!
Oooh!-ee!-oooh!-oooh!-ee!-oooh!-oooh!-ooooooh!

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from The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection or the Survival of (R​)​Evolutionary Theories in the face of Scientific and Ecclesiastical Objections: being a Musical Comedy about Charles Darwin (1809​-​1882), released September 1, 2009

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