second parabasis

Question 1

chorus: (2nd time) … or else we’ll make them flap away.

Answer 1

I too hope that we will be happy in our new city and that humans and birds will live in harmony

Question 2

… will live in harmony

Answer 2

but do not forget the story of Mike the Headless Chicken

Question 3

(chorus gasp)

Answer 3

for those of you unfamiliar with this story mind you now it does get gory

Question 4

… does get gory.

Answer 4

but I swear, wing to heart else I’m a sinner, this story about two farmers and their dinner

Question 5

…and their dinner

Answer 5

is true. it’s true, it’s allllll true. and I’m going to remind all you.

Question 6

… remind all of you.

Answer 6

one fine night in ‘45, down on a farm off pleasant view drive,

Question 7

… pleasant view drive,

Answer 7

a farmer rubbed his belly, his wife rubbed hers too. then they went outside to see what they could do.

Question 8

… what they could do

Answer 8

grabbed a chicken, an axe and a bucket, they both gloved up, got ready to pluck it.

Question 9

… ready to pluck it.

Answer 9

the farmer squared up as the chicken did peck and brought the axe down behind its neck.

Question 10

chorus: and chop… whoa

Answer 10

the chicken rose up from the dead! didn’t seem to mind its missing head.

Question 11

… its missing head.

Answer 11

started pecking around like it did before, preening and acrowing like it wasn’t sore!

Question 12

… like it wasn’t sore

Answer 12

except instead of a coo coo ka choo, it sounded like (colby)

Question 13

colby: (noise) oo

Answer 13

the farmer rose his axe to finish the job, but then he pondered this thingamabob.

Question 14

… this thingamabob.

Answer 14

“ya know, it wouldn’t be an atrocity to make some money off this monstrosity”

Question 15

“… money off this monstrosity”

Answer 15

so he bandaged him up and set him straight, right then and there, he couldn’t wait.

Question 16

… he couldn’t wait.

Answer 16

how long would he last, the clock was tickin’, and there was Mike, Headless Chicken.

Question 17

chorus: they saw it all and, gosh, it was pretty.

Answer 17

mike walked around-

Question 18

chorus: zombified!

Answer 18

customers watched it-

Question 19

chorus: horrified!

Answer 19

They made good cash off Headless Mike, this chicken was better than a gold strike!

Question 20

… better than a gold strike!

Answer 20

shoving corn down his neck hole kept him alive and kept him full.

Question 21

… kept him full.

Answer 21

but one sad night, the farmer wasn’t about and mike choked on his phlegm, then his lights went out.

Question 22

… his lights went out. (colby dies and comes back a few times)

Answer 22

the gravy train came to a screeching halt and the farmer came home, not worth his salt.

Question 23

… not worth his salt.

Answer 23

poor mike lived his life as entertainment with humans laughing at his ailment.

Question 24

… with humans laughing at his ailment.

Answer 24

so now you know the story, and I swear when dealing with humans you best beware.