Flanders and Swann - The Hippopotamus Song

The Hippopotamus

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From: “The Bestiary of Flanders and Swann”

The Hippopotamus by MICHAEL FLANDERS and DONALD SWANN

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Heavily, in the region of

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Words and Music by MICHAEL FLANDERS and DONALD SWANN

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peace-ful - ly lay give her ad - vice, say of the scene

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hair, His sound Of the splosh, Then

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bold Hip - po - pot -a-mus was stand-ing one fair Hip po - pot -a - ma he aimed to en more Hip - po pot -a - mi be - gan to con -

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cool Sha - li - mar. hill - top a - bove, riv - er so wide.

By the light of the Came tip - toe - ing That en - sued by the

hill - top sat comb-ing her for - est re - ech - oed the once with an ear - split -ting

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star. love. side?

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gazed at the - bot -tom as she had - n’t got a ma won -der: now what am I

it to to

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glo - ri - ous

sweet ser - e - nade: voice in du - et: haunt-ing re - frain:

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