We, the gathered angels
Summoned from on high
Stand to debate
A point of fate
Cast for a certain fly.
You might wonder why angels
Would be concerned with a fly.
It is just that
It influences a rat,
This particular fly.
And why, you ask, would angels,
Worry about a rat and fly?
Because of course,
It spooks a horse
(The rat leaping for the fly.)
Well, what does a horse have to do with angels
Or for that matter a rat and fly?
They you see, are the key
To this poor old farmer McGhee
(The horse, the rat, and the fly.)
Now we’re getting somewhere for angels,
You say as you start to cry
Because of course,
You’re on the horse,
And you’re about to die.
And that’s the talk of angels.