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Now reader waxes lyrical about shark
The appeal to release Sammy the Shark took a musical turn when a Gulf News reader dedicated an entire song to the whale shark.
- By Rabab Khan, Community Journalist
- Published: 00:02 October 13, 2008
- Sammy the whale shark has been staying in the Atlantis tank for weeks.
- Image Credit: Gulf News Archive
Dubai: The appeal to release Sammy the Shark took a musical turn when a Gulf News reader dedicated an entire song to the whale shark.
Click here to download the Sammy songThe song is inspired by Lustra's "Scotty doesn't know", and describes Sammy's state while she is trapped in an aquarium.
The songwriter thanks Gulf News for their efforts and requests people to continue writing letters of support.
Excerpts from the song:
Sammy wants to go
Sammy wants to go!!!
Back to her own home,
Swim in open seas and live free
In an aquarium
They keep her in gloom
Oh and she's far from happy
Sammy wants to go
Oh, Sammy wants to go
So set free Sammy!
Sammy wants to go.
Sammy wants to go.
SET FREE SAMMY!
They say she's put where she's most happy
But all she does is swim in circles coz Sammy wants to go.
Sammy wants to go.
Sammy wants to go.
SO SET FREE SAMMY!
Sammy wants to go...oh.
She can't believe she's put in a tank now
When in Dubai she was sight-seeing, Sammy is not a pet, She's not your little puppet...
Get the complete lyrics on: http://setfreesammy.googlepages.com
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