Zonke Tina Songtext
von John Edmond

Zonke Tina is a very strange name for a tortoise you′ll agree
If you listen along to the words of this song
You'll learn how it came to be
And all those cracks on tortoise backs
Weren′t caused because of speed
It happened many years ago and all because of greed
There once was a beautiful valley where the animals used to thrive
But there came a very long drought and many just couldn't survive
But the doves of the woods were lucky
For the peace goddess of the sky
Used to feed them up on the mountain
Where each day they would fly
So the tortoise said to all the doves fly me to that peak
For I am so very hungry and I'm so very weak
But the doves said you′re not one of us and you should not intrude
For if you′re not her feathered friend
the goddess won't give you food
Zonke Tina is a very strange name for a tortoise you′ll agree
If you listen along to the words of this song
you'll learn how it came to be


And all those cracks on tortoise backs
Weren′t caused because of speed
It happened many years ago and all because of greed
You can disguise me said the tortoise if a feather each you'll take
And stick them over my horny shell what a beautiful dove I′ll make
And you can call me Zonke Tina which means all of us
And you could carry me up to the mountain top in you I really trust
So the peace goddess called out from the peak
Who do I feed today
Zonke Tina said the tortoise and he chased all the doves away
And he ate the food 'till he was full but overlooked the fact
That he could not climb down from the peak because he was so fat
Zonke Tina is a very strange name for a tortoise you'll agree
If you listen along to the words of this song
You′ll learn how it came to be
And all those cracks on tortoise backs
Weren′t caused because of speed
It happened many years ago and all because of greed
So he looked down from the mountain
And below was a bed of straw
But it really was a bed of stones that the poor old tortoise saw
So he jumped down and he landed upon his horny back
And his shell broke into smithereens and into a hundred cracks
Zonke Tina is a very strange name for a tortoise you'll agree
If you listen along to the words of this song
You′ll learn how it came to be
And all those cracks on tortoise backs
Weren't caused because of speed
It happened many years ago and all because of greed