All God's Critters Got A Place In The Choir (Bill Staines Cover)

Written in 1979 by Bill Staines, an American folk musician and singer-songwriter from New England. Later versions change "critters" to "creatures". The actual title of this song is "Place In The Choir".
All God's critters got a place in the choir
Some sing low, some sing higher,
Some sing out loud on the telephone wires,
And some just clap their hands, or paws, or anything they
got now
Listen to the bass, it's the one on the bottom
Where the bullfrog croaks and the hippopotamus
Moans and groans with a big t'do
And the old cow just goes moo.
The dogs and the cats they take up the middle
While the honeybee hums and the cricket fiddles,
The donkey brays and the pony neighs
And the old coyote howls.
Listen to the top where the little birds sing
On the melodies with the high notes ringing,
The hoot owl hollers over everything
And the jaybird disagrees.
Singin' in the night time, singing in the day,
The little duck quacks, then he's on his way.
The 'possum ain't got much to say
And the porcupine talks to himself.
It's a simple song of living sung everywhere
By the ox and the fox and the grizzly gear,
The grumpy alligator the the hawk above,
The sly raccoon and the turtle dove.

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Dang it Molly. I heard you do this and immediately went searching for an album version to add to my playlist only to find that you are the only one who does this song the way I want to hear it. Beautiful. Simple. Nice work.