Bonk from Clonk

A young lad who lived in Grand Cayman

had a dream that he was a spaceman
He flew in the skies

to the planet of pies
Where he met an octopus-faced man



On the planet were wondrous things

like a doughnut-shaped dog made of strings
And a green-haired baboon

who lived on the moon
And bounced around daily on springs



There were blackberries bigger than trees

and everyone had fifty knees
Sixteen eyes and a nose

and eleventy toes
And fingers they counted in threes



The friendly alien Bonk

said the planet’s name was clonk
The spaceboy replied

“Do you think that is why
When I walk my spaceboots go ‘donk’?”



Bonk replied, “Yes, it is true

that those noises are coming from you
But they’re not from your feet

because just for a treat
We have given you magic donk shoes”



Now the shoes had five wings on each side

cause the people of Clonk realised
That getting around

without making a sound
Was easier if everyone flied



(because in Clonkety language

 that’s sometimes how things were established
If they knew not a word

 it was never absurd
To invent one, and then make a sandwich)



So the boy said, “thank you Mr. Bonk

how can I repay planet Clonk?”

And Bonk said, “It’s easy:

just sit in the breezy
And together we will sing a sonk



It’s the national anthem of Clonk

this easy and squeezy old sonk
Are you ready my friend?

Let us sing to the end
Our wonderful loverly sonk”



(are you ready? This is how it goes…)



A-Bonkety bonkety bonk

clonkety clonkety clonk,
Donkety donk,

e- flonkety flonk,
Gonkety gonkety gonk.



Honkety honkety honk,

 i-jonkety jonkety jonk,
Lonkety lonkety,

monkety monkety,
Nonkety nonkety nonk.



O-ponkety ponkety plonk,

quonkety quonkety quonk,
Ronkety ronkety,

sonkety sonkety,
Tonkety tonkety tonk.



U-vonkety vonkety vonk,

wonkety Wonkety Wonk,
Xonkety, xonkety,

yonkety Yonkety,

Zonkety zonkety…


Clonk.