Natural Selection - Horrible Histories
[Intro] Mmmm yeah. Mmmm yeah. [Verse 1] People thought all animals Arrived here unrelated The world began, and then came man All perfectly created [Verse 2] But then someone looked up a tree. And said "That monkey looks just like me!" So it really was a mystery What I'd learned in natural history! [Verse 3] So I joined HMS Beagle Watched the eagle and the seagull We studied rock and plants Flowers, trees and bees and ants [Verse 4] Slept on hammocks without pillows Eating rats and armadillos Till I realised on reflec-tion It's natural selection ! Yeah! [Verse 5] Natural selection means Each animal evolved To blend with its surroundings Ch-ch-changes were involved [Verse 6] So birds with different, foods to seek. Seem to have developed, different beaks. [Verse 7] And over time they'd, Modified So just the fittest Of them all survived! [Verse 8] On the Isles of Galapagos I noted the giant tortoise Had interesting shells And I rode on them as well [Verse 9] Iguanas land and swimming Meant my new theory was winning It all led in the direction Of natural selection. [Verse 10] My findings went with outrage From the ch-ch-ch-ch-church of England And from me. [Verse 11] The idea that we came from ch-ch-chimps Questioned my own Christianity But it was hard to disagree! [Verse 12] Every species new mutation Had a perfect explanation It seems the worlds inception Must predate common perception [Verse 13] And if lack of adaptation Means a fatal limitation So each creature's imperfection Over time gets a correction [Verse 14] Meaning animal collections Grow unique means of protection And to fail nature's inspection Means immediate rejection Which all leads to the detec-tion Of natural selection! Natural selection!
Artist: Horrible Histories
Title: Natural Selection