"Scratch an Elephant" song

Cafe Society
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The New York lottery is currently running a series of tickets with an elephant theme. To promote them they have a radio commercial featuring a song about scratching an elephant. The song is basically a child’s folk song, in a “Puff the Magic Dragon” style, sung by an unidentified group.

Is this an existing song that the NY lottery is using for their campaign or is it a new song they commissioned for the ads?

2

I don’t know, but now the damn song is in my head again. Gah! I moved out of the state to avoid it!

Elephant ain’t got no fingernails…

3

…And if they did they’d surely break them
So scratch an elephant
Scratch an elephant
And you might make a friend or two

4

It’s probably commisioned for the ads (it also appears in their TV spots), based on the line “Scratch an elephant and you might win a million, too.”