This performance is perfect. Jenny applies every trick in the book to improvise a funny song, and takes complete possession of the audience. She begins with “Won’t you be my koala ?” and here comes the romantic power ballad.

The song structure is solid as can be: verse/verse/bridge/verse. No meandering whatsoever.
“Won’t You Be My Koala?” (the thematic line) is placed at the top of each verse and left out of the bridge. This procedure is present in one of the games I teach students to play as they learn song structures.
This thematic line is explored and heightened throughout the song, never veered away from

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