Kick and run,
Nothing can stop them,
Around every river and canal their
power is growing.
Stamp them out!
We must destroy them.
They infiltrate Lake Calhoun with their thick
dark warning odour.
They are invincible.
They seem immune to all our kickball battering.
Long ago in the Russian hills,
A Midwestern kickballer found the mighty Milfoil
in a marsh,
He captured it and brought it home.
Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge.
Royal beast did not forget.
He came home to Minn'apolis
And made a present of the Milfoil to
the civic park system.
Fashionable country gentlemen had some
"Muskie Master" fishing boats,
In which they innocently spread the Mighty Milfoil
throughout all 10,000 lakes.
Waste no time!
They are approaching.
Hurry now, we must
protect ourselves
from their bunting.
Strike by night!
They have no defense.
They all need the sun to photosensitize their
venom.
Still they're invincible.
Still they're immune to all our kickball battering.
Botanical creature stirs, seeking revenge.
Royal beast did not forget.
Soon they escaped, spreading their seed,
preparing for an onslaught
threatening the kickball teams.
The Dance of the Flying Muskellunge
Mighty Milfoil is avenged.
Human bodies soon will know anger.
Beat them with your kickball skills
MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM!
Flying Muskellunge lives!
(Liberally adapted from "The Return of the Giant Hogweed," copyright 1972 R&M Music [ASCAP]. No offense intended.)
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