Cole's Book Arcade, Cole's Book Arcade
It is in Melbourne town,
Of all the book stores in the land
It has the most renown,
It was the first, first Book Arcade
That in the world was found;
It's still the finest Book Arcade
In all the world around.
A lovely rainbow sign appears
Above the Book Arcade
And 'tis the very grandest sign
Was ever yet displayed.
Full forty thousand sorts of books
Are stored within its walls,
Which can be seen, looked at or bought,
By anyone that calls.
The book you wish, the book you want,
Is almost sure to be
Found somewhere in the Book Arcade,
If you will call and see.
(Our Australian Choir has Cockatoos, Laughing Jackasses, Native
Bears, Platypusses, Black Swans, Emus, Magpies, Opossums, and Lyre
Birds, also a BUNYIP to sing deep bass, all the other Animals in the
World sing the chorus, each in his natural voice. The tune is "MARY
HAD A LITTLE LAMB.")