Lyrics Song: The Bushveld Alarm Clock - John Edmond

Can you hear the Bushveld alarm clock whirrin?
All the birds are gonna be stirrin
All night long they've been roostin
Soon be on the wing
Can you hear the Bushveld alarm clock ringin
All the song birds will be singin
All the warblers will be warblin
Listen to them sing
Wait till he gets started prettiest bird you ever did spy
Red and yellow and orange and black
with a touch of green around the eye
He's Cuthbert the Crested Barbet you don't have to wind him up
His batteries never stop on and on he goes
Wakin' up the Bushveld birds and keepin them on their toes
Can you hear the Bushveld alarm clock chimin
Parrots and chats will soon be mimin
All together with perfect timin
Singin' a pretty song
Can you hear the Bushveld alarm clock clangin
Soon Wood peckers are gonna be bangin
Blacksmith lapwings gonna be hammerin
Knock knock knockin along
Wait till he gets started prettiest bird you ever did spy
Red and yellow and orange and black
with a touch of green around the eye
He's Cuthbert the Crested Barbet you don't have to wind him up
His batteries never stop on and on he goes
Wakin' up the Bushveld birds and keepin them on their toes
Can you hear the Bushveld alarm clock buzzin
Babblers and Hoepoos by the dozen
Seem to be callin all their cousins
Cackeling away
Can you hear the Bushveld alarm clock tinkling
Tinker birds will soon be tinkering
They get going in an inkling on a sunny day
Wait till he gets started prettiest bird you ever did spy
Red and yellow and orange and black
With a touch of green around the eye
He's Cuthbert the Crested Barbet you don't have to wind him up
His batteries never stop on and on he goes
Wakin' up the Bushveld birds and keepin them on their toes
Keepin them on their toes keepin them on their toes