Saddle the Sloth

To the tune of “Happy Together” by the Turtles

Lyrics written by Trilobite van, Glacial Geology Field Trip April 2002

Corey Werner, Jessica Darter, Lindsay Theis, Kristin Anderson, Lindsay Anderson, Alan Ebert, Erik Dutilly

Note: The Turtles are best known for their 1967 #1 hit, “Happy Together”, but that is only one song in an impressive body of work. From good-timey pop to psychedelia to folk-rock, this was a band with both the ambition to explore many different styles of music and the talent to pull it off.

Because our own experiences together in our van, both the enthusiasm of this song and generally good feeling of the Turtles inspired us. Our song came naturally to us as we artistically explored topics of the Pleistocene.

Me and You and You and Me

No matter how you nap the chert, it had to be

Out hunting megafauna oh so merrily

Except for the weather

Please make me a sweater

We built our house on a nice moraine

It had a great view of an outwash plain

And on the other side some hummocky terrain

So happy together

Except for the saber-toothed tiger

Oh that ice sheet’s advancing a little too fast

Run for your life!

Grab the clubs and furs and saddle the sloth

We’re on our way

We’re sick of moving with each advance

But we need to live where there are some greener plants

We think the Driftless Area is our last chance

We hope it’s forever

So happy together

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Saddle the sloth

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Saddle the Sloth [fading]