The Irish accent and the delivery of the line 'and that's why you never see unicorns.to this very day'-very magical. I knew all about Noah and his arc but the church never seemed to include this part of the story.

Camille from Toronto, OhI think I'm the only person in my neck of the woods who remembers this song from when I was a little Catholic girl growing up in a small town.

Luckily, I don't feel that way any more, but I'd rather listen to 'The Unicorn' every once and a while from now on! The DJ that played it was a former TV weatherman who considered himself much funniner and more clever than he really was on-air and that incessant playing really made me dislike this song. from Barry, TxThey used to play this song every morning on the oldies station, 103.5, in Austin, Texas from the time I entered junior high to the time I graduated high school. Would write charming kid stuff like this or lyrics so raw that no station would play them.

Esskayess from Dallas, TxSilverstein was one of a kind.

On the same 'Bandstand' show the group sang '(The Puppet Song) Whiskey On Sunday' it stayed on the Top 100 for 7 weeks, peaking at #75. It reached #2 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. Three months earlier on March 17th, 1968 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #77 and on May 19th it peaked at #7 (for 1 weeks) and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100.

Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 1st 1968, the Irish Rovers performed 'The Unicorn' on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'.

The week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' by Hugo Montenegro and Orchestra & Chorus. 'The Unicorn' by the Irish Rovers peaked at #2 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart on May 19th, 1968.

Barry from Sauquoit, NyJust an added fact to the next post below:.

Irish Rovers from CanadaHere is The Unicorn song in Concert on The Irish Rovers 50th Anniversary television special.

Irish Rovers from Canadaand the long-awaited sequel The Continuing Story of The Unicorn.

George Pope from BcThank you, Irish Rovers, for the anniversary edition of the original and thanks to you & Shel Silverstein for doing the beautiful sequel! So beautiful: 'Swimming free, swimming free.'.

Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind You'll see green alligators and long-necked geese Them unicorns looked up from the rock and they criedĪnd the waters came down and sort of floated them awayĪnd that's why you'll never see a unicorn, to this very day The ark started movin', it drifted with the tide Noah cried, 'close the doors 'cause the rain is pourin' Kicking and splashing while the rain was pouring Them unicorns was hiding, playing silly games Then Noah looked out through the driving rain Some cats and rats and elephants, but Lord, I'm so forlorn I've got your green alligators and long-necked geese He finished up making the ark just as the rain started fallin' He says, 'hey, brother Noah, I'll tell you what to doĪnd take some of them green alligators and long-necked geese Now god seen some sinnin' and it gave him painĪnd he says, 'stand back, I'm going to make it rain'

Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born Some humpty-backed camels and some chimpanzees There was green alligators and long-necked geese They'd run around free while the earth was being born

A long time ago, when the earth was still greenĪnd there were more kinds of animals than you've ever seen

Pink chimpanzee