# I've seen fire and I've seen rain 2 (Part 1)

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**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-seen-fire-and-ive-seen-rain-2-part-1/912254 "2020-06-23T04:29:48Z")\
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Quondam nemo habitabat in terra  
Quondam nemo habitabat in terra  
Quondam nemo habitabat in terra  
Et amabat nemo me.

(refrain) Pater, mater est testudo  
Soror, frater est testudo  
Ego, ego sum testudo  
Atque hoc superbio.

Tum descendit elephantus in terra  
Tum descendit elephantus in terra  
Tum descendit elephantus in terra  
Solum mihi insedit.  
(refrain)

_{I don’t know where this comes from. We used to sing it in class in the early 1960’s. The tune is ‘Mine eyes have seen the Glory…’}_

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