# The Monotreme Army

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monotreme-army/792130>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monotreme-army/792130 "2017-07-26T02:14:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monotreme-army/792130/1 "2017-07-26T02:14:01Z")

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Has anyone here ever heard of this song? I’ve a friend who is trying to find the full lyrics.

Partially remembered lyrics:

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> Oh, no one should mess with a spiny echidna  
> Because if you did, you’d wish that you didna’.  
> {something something something}  
> That’s the song of the Monotreme Army!

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monotreme-army/792130/2 "2017-07-26T02:20:13Z")

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Hmm, don’t know that one, but I’ll wager someone here has heard…

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> _Placental the sister of her brother Marsupial  
> Their cousin called Monotreme  
> Dead uncle Allotheria_

We’re well on our way to a Monotreme mix tape.

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monotreme-army/792130/3 "2017-07-26T04:13:55Z")

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It sounds like filk. Maybe try the NESFA hymnal? I took a quick look, but couldn’t find my copy.

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monotreme-army/792130/4 "2017-07-26T04:35:03Z")

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I don’t think so, **Finagle**. It was something his mom had written the words down to a long time ago, and she was not someone who attended SFF conventions. Might be a Girl Scout or Campfire Girl song?

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monotreme-army/792130/5 "2017-07-26T11:15:53Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Hmm, don’t know that one, but I’ll wager someone here has heard…We’re well on our way to a Monotreme mix tape.

You could also add the closing lyrics from Tom Lehrer’s _Oedipus Rex_

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> So be sweet and kind to Mother,  
> Now and then have a chat  
> Buy her candy or some flowers,  
> Or a brand new hat  
> But, maybe you had better let it go at that  
> Or you may find yourself with a quite complex complex  
> And  
> You may end up like Oedipus  
> (I’d rather marry a duck-billed platypus)  
> Than end up like old Oedipus Rex!