Once I had a parrot with feathers so blue
Bright orange stripes and black beady eyes too
I wanted that bird to repeat after me
Hail Mary, pretty baby, and pretty Marie
I repeated those words but it just wouldn't speak
It stared so defiant and clenched its sharp beak
Then one day it opened its small little mouth
And I could not believe all the noise that came out
It imitated a fire truck siren
And the cry of an ambulance too
When it coughed out the sound of the garbage trucks
I did not know what to do
So I opened the door and he flew
Once I had a parrot a black cockateu
With wings smoky white and a crest baby blue
But it would not utter a word it was taught
And it made me dispondent and it made me distraught
But soon i awoke with a startle
And the bird began singing to me
Imitating catch phrases and jingles
It picked up from the tv
So I let my old parrot go free
Once I had a parrot with feathers so blue
With bright orange stripes and black beady eyes too
I wanted that bird to repeat after me
Hail Mary, pretty baby, and pretty Marie