LYRICS

SQUIRREL & SALAMANDER:

WE ALL KNOW SOME ANIMALS
FISH, AND BIRDS AND REPTILES
EVERY ONE HAS A PLACE TO CALL ITS OWN
WITH A FAMILY, OR ALONE.

EVERY CREATURE HAS A PLACE TO HANG ITS HAT
IN THE CITY, OR THE COUNTRY, OR ANOTHER HABITAT
FROM DOMESTICATED HOUSECATS TO THE UNTAMED WILD BOAR
AND PROB'LY A WHOLE LOT MORE.

YES, THEY'RE ANIMAL ESTATES, ANIMAL ESTATES
ANIMAL HOMES SMALL AND GREAT.
YES, THEY'RE ANIMAL ESTATES, ANIMAL ESTATES
AND NOW WE OPEN UP THE GATES
TO ANIMAL ESTATES

Purple Martin enters, flapping his wings, confused and exhausted.
PURPLE MARTIN: This has got to be the place. The nest was here just last year. (to SQUIRREL)
Hey, Squirrel, this is Manhattan, right?
SQUIRREL: Yup. You’re on an amble in the Ramble.
PURPLE MARTIN: Right. Better keep looking for it, then.
SQUIRREL & SALAMANDER:

WE ALL KNOW SOME ANIMALS
FLUFFY FUR, A BLACK WET NOSE
THAT OLD FALCON FLYING AROUND IN CENTRAL PARK
AND ALL THE OTHERS AFTER DARK!

ALL

EVERY CREATURE HAS A PLACE TO HANG ITS HAT
IN THE CITY, OR THE COUNTRY, OR SOME OTHER HABITAT
FROM THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER, TO THE MONKEYS IN THE ZOO
AND LOTS OF EXTINCT ONES, TOO

YES, THEY'RE ANIMAL ESTATES, ANIMAL ESTATES
ANIMAL HOMES SMALL AND GREAT.
YES, THEY'RE ANIMAL ESTATES, ANIMAL ESTATES
AND NOW WE OPEN UP THE GATES TO ANIMAL ESTATES

PURPLE MARTIN: There's the pond, there's the field... oh no! But the nest is gone.
RABBIT hops by, ignoring the Purple Martin
PURPLE MARTIN (cont'd) (to RABBIT): Excuse me, rabbit, have you seen a Purple Martin's nest around here?
RABBIT: Now that is a two-carrot question. You seem lost.
PURPLE MARTIN: Right, well, were you here last summer?
RABBIT hops off without answering. She climbs through the small door and closes it behind her. It reads 'Animal Estates'
SALAMANDER: You’re looking for a home? You should try Animal Estates. It’s our local real estate agency. They found me my salamander burrow, dirt cheap!
PURPLE MARTIN: Really? What’s it like?
SALAMANDER: It’s dirt!
PURPLE MARTIN: Wow! Maybe I should give them a try!
ALL:

EVERY CREATURE HAS A PLACE TO HANG ITS HAT
IN THE CITY, OR THE COUNTRY, OR ANOTHER HABITAT
FROM THE SINGLE-CELLED AMOEBA TO THE WALLOPING BLUE WHALE
TOO MANY TO TELL EACH TALE

YES, THEY'RE ANIMAL ESTATES, ANIMAL ESTATES
ANIMAL HOMES SMALL AND GREAT
YES, THEY'RE ANIMAL ESTATES, ANIMAL ESTATES
AND NOW WE OPEN UP THE GATES TO ANIMAL ESTATES
A WILD ADVENTURE YET AWAITS IN ANIMAL ESTATES!

PURPLE MARTIN knocks on the door. RABBIT pops out.

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