Once There Was an Elephant

Once there was an elephant
 Who tried to use the telephant
 No! no! I mean an elephone
 Who tried to use the telephone
 (Dear me! I am not certain quite
 That even now I've got it right)
 However it was, he got his trunk
 Entangled in the telephunk
 The more he tried to get it free
 The louder buzzed the telephee
 (I fear I'd better drop this song
 Or elephop and telephong!)
 Now he's all tied up on the telephone
 He's all tied up on the telephone
 He's all tied up on the telephone
 He's all tied up, he's all tied up
 On the telephone
 He's all tied up on the telephone, yes, he is
 He's all tied up on the telephone
 He's all tied up on the telephone
 He's all tied up, he's all tied up
 On the telephone
 Based on a poem by Laura E. Richards