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Let´s take a trip to the mouth,
and keep on going south,
along the alimentary canal.
Go past the acid alley,
and then onwards you must sally,
till you reach the big intestinal chorale.
Now this pleasure park is known not to shut,
the fun spot for the bugs in your gut,
where the germs all shout,
want to tell you about:
The Great Intestinal Microbe Strut! |
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You've got staphylococci,
and the toxic E.coli. Vibrio cholerae,
and the bad Yersinia,
just look out for Shigella,
and the dread Salmonella,
they won't give your stomach a rest.
There is big bowel rumble, ulcerative colitis,
or the funky butt odour, and gastroenteritis,
it's the fault of the bad guys,
when excessive in number,
so they're none too good for your health. |
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If you've got wind or flatulence,
your tummy's rather turbulent,
you could have all those illnesses you fear,
That aweful consternation
of the dreaded constipation.
or you could have got that dire diarrhea.
Well, there's really not an if or a but.
You've got this piercing pain in your gut -
then you've just found out,
and you know all about:
The Great Intestinal Microbe Strut! |
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There's those lactobacilli, E.coli, streptococci,
doing good things inside you, with bifidobacteria.
Microbial activities cause local immunity,
the good guys help you survive.
So how can we stop the bugs
from doing us damage:
We can eat whole meal cereals,
and plenty of cabbage,
and take in all the roughage
that the colon can manage,
just to keep those bugs on the run. |
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You see the microbe family
is quite a big community:
A hundred million million units strong.
Intestinal motility,
and outer frame agility,
and everything that helps you get along.
Good friends do not like junk food in a glut,
so don't neglect this minuscule lot,
keep your health at norm,
get those bugs to perform:
The Great Intestinal Microbe Strut! |
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Bacteroides fragilis, ruminicola, vulgatus,
Eubacterium lentum,
ventriosum, rectale,
and Bifidobacterium infantis, bifidum,
Escherichia coli et al.
Lactobacillus brevis,
acidophilus, fermentum,
Veillonella, Clostridium, Peptococcus, Proteus,
Pseudomonas, Klebsiella,
Streptococcus faecalis,
that's the symbiont monster parade! |
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Now I'm sure you see,
that it really must be:
The Great Intestinal Microbe Strut!
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Now you know it's real,
do you think you can feel:
The Great Intestinal Microbe Strut!
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Now you must believe,
it can make your guts heave:
The Great Intestinal Microbe Strut!
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What we've tried to do,
is explain it to you:
The Great Intestinal Microbe Strut!
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