There is a beautiful bushveld choir a choral society
And when they sing together
It's a birdsong symphony

The canaries larks and robins
And thrushes are sopranos
The doves and owls and coucals
They sing with the altos

The wild geese and the hornbills are the baritones and tenors
But when the big birds sing in the bass line
The bushveld gets the tremors

The old ostrich he sings quite low puffin' up his chest
When his legs go red it is said he gets lower resonance

And the bright red faced ground hornbill proudly honks around his nest
But who sings lowest in the bassline who really is the best

Here's the answer to that question
How low can you go
It's the sound of the giant eagle owl the one they call Verreaux

Singing so low
He steals the show
If you don't know
He's called Verreaux

He's the biggest owl in Africa pink eyelids and eyes of brown
He's not particular where he hunts in forest field or town

Though his favourite food is the hedgehog he'll take a rabbit a genet or a rat
And if he hunts nearby your house better watch out for your cat

He can lift his own weight
When he takes off with his prey
He hunts by night but then he might even hunt by day

Singin' so low
He steals the show
If you don't know
He's called Verreaux

Singin' so low
He steals the show
If you don't know
He's called Verreaux