The Cactus Connection (Official Music Video) by LOES [Singer Songwriter]

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TRACK CREDITS:
Music: Loes van Schaijk
Lyrics: Loes van Schaijk & Andrew Walker Hall
Voice: Loes van Schaijk
Banjo: Petr Brandejs
Violin: Honza Bartošek

VIDEO CREDITS:
Animation and editing: Julia Zech
Drawings: Barbora Malášková (the fox and the grizzly), Signe Maria Keir (the queen), Eliška Bažatová (the mice and the cat), Ema Chládková (the knights), Adéla Chládková (the eagle), Natálka Bažatová (the owl), Bert Salij (the snail), Yvonne Patrassi (Freddy & the lovesick turtle), Julia Zech (the musicians and the cacti), Andrew Hall (all other drawings)

With bluegrassy banjo (Petr Brandejs) and oldtimey fiddle (Honza Bartošek), The Cactus Connection transports the listener to a front porch in the American Deep South. The song was inspired by and co-written with Loes’s friend Andrew Walker Hall, who came from Alabama to Prague to teach Czech children English by visiting their homes and writing and drawing little story books with them. One day, a neighbor knocked on the window and asked Andrew if he, being an American, couldn’t help him obtain seeds for his cactus collection. Andrew answered that, for as far as he knew, cacti do not grow in Alabama…

LYRICS:

The fox went camping with the grizzly bear
The queen was wondering what to wear
The mice were playing truth or dare
While the cat was patiently waiting

The knights tied a kayak to a banged up car
The eagle cried it didn't want to fly far
The owl didn't know how to open the jar
While the grown-ups were debating

I'm very sorry sir, but you are wasting your time
I'm just here to teach your neighbor's children grammar
I know a guy in Arizona, but you'll have more luck online
Because cacti do not grow in Alabama

Four-eyed Freddy had a blue cadillac
The sleepy snail got a midnight snack
The lovesick turtle had a pigeon on its back
While the aliens were invading

Bob the accountant has robot arms
The inquisitive moose collects lucky charms
Eloquent Ed buys fifty farms
While the Vikings are out parading

Because cacti do not grow, not as far as I know, oh
Cacti do not grow in Alabama