We watch little man come and go, come and go.
We watched him kill mosquitoes with pesticide.
Saw the roaches poisoned, though not one cockroach died
Till…
The hungry lizards ate them, one by one by one.
Oh what a feast they had – it seemed like good clean fun.
But every roach they ate, though they did taste yummy,
Added DDT to their little lizard tummy.
Then the lizards were filled with deadly pesticide.
They felt pretty punchy, though not one lizard died.
Till…
The hungry cats devoured them, one by one by one.
Oh what a feast they had – it seemed like good clean fun.
But every liz they ate, though they did taste yummy,
Killed the cats by poisoning their DD Toxic tummy.
Now this poor old island is steeped in poison air.
Our waters, too, are poisoned. Little man, take care!
Whoever thought that little man
could affect us mighty rivers?
But the rain has washed the DDT
into our waters, and our
tenants, the friendly fish,
are feeling pretty rocky.
