First, an explanation:
I wrote this silly song on a youth retreat around 6 years ago because I was bet that I couldn’t write a song about an Orang Utan in 10 minutes. It became one of those collective moments that the youth group remembered and has never quite been forgotten. Needless to say, I never expected to perform it on stage at Spring Harvest to 500 teenagers!

And the lyrics:

I had a friend who was an Orang Utan
I asked him if he would like to join my gang
His name was Bob and he was hairy
When he pulled a face, he was scary!

He was an oo oo oo oo oo oo orang utan
An oo oo oo oo oo oo orang utan
Oo oo oo oo oo oo orang utan
And he was my best friend!

Bob always liked to do a dance
He even ate my mum’s plants
His favourite lesson at school was art
When he ate baked beans they made him… SMILE!

He was an oo oo oo oo oo oo orang utan
An oo oo oo oo oo oo orang utan
Oo oo oo oo oo oo orang utan
And he was my best friend!

Sadly Bob swallowed a balloon
I don’t think he’ll be back too soon
He floated up into a tree
And stayed to raise a family

He was an oo oo oo oo oo oo orang utan
An oo oo oo oo oo oo orang utan
Oo oo oo oo oo oo orang utan
And he was my best friend!