Zoological Oddities (part I)

THERE ONCE WAS A BOY FROM ZION
WHO WAS VERY FOND OF LYIN'
HE  TOLD FUNNY FIBS
THAT TICKLED YOUR RIBS
HE GREW UP TO BE A LION

THERE WAS WAS A BOY NAMED NAT
IN MOTHER'S LAP HE SAT
CURLED UP IN HER LAP
AND TOOK A NAP
HE GREW UP TO BE A CAT

THERE ONCE WAS A BOY FROM NIGER
WHO WHEN HE WAS BESIDE YA
HE'D GLARE AT YOU
TAKE A POKE OR TWO
HE GREW UP TO BE A TIGER

THERE ONCE WAS A BOY VERY BIG
IN MUD HE LIKE TO DIG
HE PLAYED IN THE DIRT
AT SWILL FOR DESSERT
HE  GREW UP TO BE A PIG

THERE ONCE WAS A BOY NAMED STU
A VERY LONG NECK  HE GREW
WHEN FEAR WAS AROUND
STUCK HIS HEAD IN THE GROUND
HE GREW UP TO BE A EMU

THERE ONCE WAS A BOY NAMED HORACE
WHO LIVED NEAR A RACE COURSE
WHEN "NO" HE WOULD SAY
INSTEAD HE WOULD NEIGH
HE GREW UP TO BE A HORSE

THERE  ONCE WAS AN AGILE LASS
WHO COULD SWIM VERY FASS
WHEN A FLY FLEW BY
SHE  COULD JUMP SO HIGH
SHE GREW UP TO BE A BASS

THERE ONCE WAS A BOY NAMED KEN
WHO EVER SINCE HE WAS TEN
SANG  OH  SO SWEET
I  THOUGHT IT WAS NEAT
TIL  HE GREW UP TO BE A WREN