The Hippopotamus Song

G Em Am7 D G Em Am7 B7 A bold hippopotamus was standing one day Em A7 D D7 On the banks of the cool Shalimar G Em Am7 B7 He gazed at the bottom as he peacefully lay Em A7 D D7 By the light of the evening star Am E Am E Away on a hilltop sat combing her hair Am E7 Am A fair hippopotama maid A7 D A7 D The hippopotamus was no ignoramus Am A7 D D7 And sang her this sweet serenade G Em Am7 D Mud, mud, glorious mud Em A7 D D7 There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood G G7 C A7 So follow me follow, down to the hollow Am G D7 G Em Am7 D And there let us wallow in glorious mud G Em Am7 B7 The fair hippopotama he aimed to entice Em A7 D D7 From that seat on the hilltop above. G Em Am7 B7 As she hadn't got a ma to give her advice Em A7 D D7 Came tiptoeing down to her love. Am E Am E Like thunder the forest reechoed the sound Am E7 Am Of the song that they sang as they met. A7 D A7 D His inamorata adjusted her garter Am A7 D D7 And lifted her voice in duet. G Em Am7 D Mud, mud, glorious mud Em A7 D D7 There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood G G7 C A7 So follow me follow, down to the hollow Am G D7 G Em Am7 D And there let us wallow in glorious mud G Em Am7 B7 Then more hippopotami began to convene Em A7 D D7 On the banks of that river so wide. G Em Am7 B7 I wonder now what am I to say of the scene Em A7 D D7 That ensued by the Shalimar side. Am E Am E They dived all at once with an ear-splitting Splosh Am E7 Am Then rose to the surface again. A7 D A7 D A regular army of hippopotami Am A7 D D7 All singing this haunting refrain. G Em Am7 D Mud, mud, glorious mud Em A7 D D7 There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood G G7 C A7 So follow me follow, down to the hollow Am G D7 G And there let us wallow in glorious mud