Tigers in Africa

My little boy came home from school the other day:
 He told me what his teacher said with oh such great dismay.
 She said "In Africa there are no tigers to be found:
 There's no man on the moon and it's not cheese
 Though it's yellow big and round
 And there's no treasure and gold at the rainbow's end,
 You're growing up and fantasizing's over now my friend".
 But I said. "Yes there's tigers in Africa
 And a man once walked upon the moon
 And there's treasure and gold at the end of the rainbow;
 My little boy now would I lie to you?"
 And so I took him to the mighty Zambezi
 I said "This time your teacher's wrong, now just you wait and see"
 We launched our boat outside a place they called the Deka Drum
 And soon our lines and spoons were flashing in the midday sun.
 And somewhere near Msuna he hooked a fisherman's dream
 With tiger stripes and gnashing teeth it danced upon the stream.
 But I said. "Yes there's tigers in Africa
 And a man once walked upon the moon
 And there's treasure and gold at the end of the rainbow;
 My little boy now would I lie to you?"
 That night around the campfire in the cool and gentle breeze
 We watched the moon rise up and it looked like a piece of cheese,
 Then we counted stars and planets how they shined and shined
 And I told him about Neil Armstrong's step for all mankind;
 And all about the astronauts and moon buggies and space
 And how going to the moon was such a great exciting race.
 But I said. "Yes there's tigers in Africa
 And a man once walked upon the moon
 And there's treasure and gold at the end of the rainbow;
 My little boy now would I lie to you?"
 Next day it rained but later when the storm was gone,
 A multi-coloured rainbow rose up in the glorious morn
 And raindrops clung to leaves and shone like jewels all round
 And the rainbow seemed to end right near us in the ground.
 It was a treasured memory forever to behold.
 I put my arms around my boy and said
 "Now there's your treasure and gold"
 I said. "Yes! there's tigers in Africa
 And a man once walked upon the moon
 And there's treasure and gold at the end of the rainbow;
 My little boy now would I lie to you?"