There was once a platypus 
Her name was Patty Hill
Her tail was like a beaver’s 
And her mouth like a duck’s bill 

She had two eggs that hatched into 
A little girl and a boy
She’d sweat out milk for them to drink
And sing them lullabies

She lived in a little den 
By the riverside 
And when she went to look for food 
With dirt she’d plug it tight 

She’d tuck her children into bed
While she went out to fish  
Shrimp and caterpillars 
Were her all time favourite dish 

One day she came home to find 
A mean old water snake
He was sniffing out her kids
To put into his cake 
 
Patty Hill growled at him 
And stung him with her spur 
He got so scared he dropped his skin 
And slid back to the river 

So if you’re ever by the lake  
And see a beaver with a bill 
Be sure to wave hello to her
It could be Patty hill