Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST Date: 26 Nov 10 - 12:03 PM Does anyone know the chords to "Mary the Elephant"? |
Subject: Lyr Add: MARY THE ELEPHANT (Chuck Brodsky) From: GUEST,raredance Date: 30 Jul 10 - 12:53 AM MARY THE ELEPHANT (Chuck Brodsky) In the Sparks Brothers Circus They smoked only cheap cigars A two bit travelling circus. 10 to 15 railroad cars With a not so high high wire And some leaks around the tent Educated sea lions And four or five elephants In the Clinch River Valley A little mining town Not too far from Kingsport There's no one still around That can tell it like it happened And just stick to the facts Not get mixed up with legends Or start filling in the cracks Red was Mary's handler They'd hired him that day He'd rode in on a box car And he just sort of stayed He got a job as janitor At the Riverside Hotel Until the circus came to town He bid everyone farewell He knew nothing about elephants But what was there to know? They were big, they were dumb And they walked kind of slow They had trunks for grabbing peanuts And to stuff them in their mouths He figured that was pretty much all You need to know about 'em So they handed Red a stick For the afternoon parade Only once did he whack Mary It was his only mistake She wrapped her trunk around him Threw him to the ground Stepped upon his head There were children all around Now contrary to the rumors She was never tried She never was convicted Of any homicide She never went to prison No one sentenced her to hang Like the storytellers told it And the singers often sang It was front page in the papers From Statesville to Little Rock From barbershops to filling stations Mary was the talk Sparks Brothers Circus They just couldn't be going around With such an unpredictable creature They would have to put her down It's said they fired bullets But it was too small a gun They tried some electricity But she wasn't even stunned It was all done in the spirit of Good clean family fun In the entertainment business You give the people what they want They shipped Mary in a railcar To Erwin, Tennessee They advertised a hanging 3000 came to see The ringleader announced It would be in the railroad yard When the matinee was over And there'd be no extra charge They left her hanging half an hour Till somebody got her down The people got their money's worth Pity the poor clowns Who weren't really smiling When they dumped her in a grave That had been dug by a steam shovel And was as big as a cave The town won't put a marker Above where Mary lies They don't want the attention Or lawsuits to arise She never went to prison No court sentenced her to hang Like some storytellers told it And some singers often sang For the story and pictures you know what to do http://www.blueridgecountry.com/archive/mary-the-elephant.html |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Mr Happy Date: 29 Jul 10 - 05:37 PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_the_Elephant |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Alan Day Date: 30 Apr 10 - 08:10 AM Dave Toy sings "The hole in the Elephants Bottom" Al |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,Paradox Date: 23 Jan 10 - 08:20 PM What's the rhymeing game little kids use to play and it went something like Tarzan Big baboon, swining from a medel spoon... |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,Tom Paxton: Don't Be Rude To A Rhinoceros Date: 05 Sep 09 - 08:54 PM From Tom Paxton's Peanut Butter Pie album: Don't Be Rude To A Rhinoceros "Be careful what you grab when you help him into a cab, because you know a *** Rhinoceros *** is ticklish too!" |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Joe_F Date: 03 Sep 09 - 09:07 PM Flanders & Swann also had an elephant song, about an elephant who malingered amnesia: I'm suffering from amnesia. Me mind's a perfect blank. Now life is very much easier: Amnesia's to thank. He went on to develop other symptoms: I suffer from schizophrenia. It comes on me in spells. Sometimes I'm King of Armenia, And others I'm Orson Welles. I've told my psychoanalyst That I'm a sacred cow. I'd like to carry a howdah, but I can't remember how. |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Mr Happy Date: 03 Sep 09 - 06:10 AM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_the_Elephant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlLIa8_pLpk |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST Date: 25 May 09 - 09:55 AM Do you know where I might find sheet music for "The hole in the elephant's bottom"? |
Subject: Lyr Add: EFFERVESCING ELEPHANT (Syd Barrett) From: GUEST Date: 16 Jun 08 - 04:29 AM Saw this had reopened so I dug out Std's song which has both an elephant and a dirty hippopotamus EFFERVESCING ELEPHANT (Syd Barrett) 1:52 An Effervescing Elephant with tiny eyes and great big trunk once whispered to the tiny ear the ear of one inferior that by next June he'd die, oh yeah! because the tiger would roam. The little one said: "Oh my goodness I must stay at home! and every time I hear a growl I'll know the tiger's on the prowl and I'll be really safe, you know the elephant he told me so." Everyone was nervy, oh yeah! and the message was spread to zebra, mongoose, and the dirty hippopotamus who wallowed in the mud and chewed his spicy hippo-plankton food and tended to ignore the word preferring to survey a herd of stupid water bison, oh yeah! And all the jungle took fright, and ran around for all the day and the night but all in vain, because, you see, the tiger came and said: "Who me?! You know, I wouldn't hurt not one of you. I'd much prefer something to chew and you're all to scant." oh yeah! He ate the Elephant |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,freedi4 Date: 16 Jun 08 - 02:31 AM To Cool Beans: It's amazing to me that this thread was going on 4 years ago. I had been searching for the exact song you had lyrics to and I was able to find at least 60 versions of the song "Dat Dere" on iTunes! It is a song that I remember my father singing to me when I was a child. Thank you so much for you helping me to find it for my own collection in remembrance of him. |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,Gerry Date: 04 Apr 08 - 06:02 PM One hippopotami Cannot get on a bus Because one hippopotami Is two hippopotamus Allan Sherman, to the tune of What Kind Of Fool Am I. http://dmdb.org/lyrics/sherman.nut.html#8 Two elephant songs at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/pdf/wigglewaggle_summer_2008_programme05.pdf The first one is similar but not identical to the spider web song that has been mentioned here. |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Mr Happy Date: 04 Apr 08 - 10:40 AM The original 'Nellie the Elephant' here:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vlLIa8_pLpk |
Subject: Lyr Add: BLACK DIAMOND'S SONG (Al Evans) From: Cluin Date: 07 Jan 07 - 08:10 PM Another take on the same story: Black Diamond's Song by Al Evans The sun is a-burnin'; the geeks are a-gawkin' Nine tons of me walks down the street We're in Corsicana and there's no way I'd be here If it weren't for these chains on my feet My name is Black Diamond; the circus can't tame me And three men who tried to are dead Now they've cut my tusks short, and put an iron bar on So I can't reach my trunk to my head And we roll across Texas and roll across Texas And roll across Texas some more In the heat of the midday sun and rockin' and reelin' My feet are all chained to the floor As we roll across Texas some more The boxcar door opens and there stands my Curley And elephant joy brings the tears `Cause Curley's my buddy: the one man who knows me My best friend for twenty-eight years Now we're walkin' down Main Street, but we stop in the middle It seems there's some kind of delay And there stands Miss Eva, that elegant lady Who's taken my Curley away And we roll across Texas and roll across Texas And roll across Texas some more It's hotter than Hell here and no bath for three days My feet are all chained to the floor As we roll across Texas some more She stands there, so cool and collected She just doesn't see How bein' alone and the chains of the circus is torturin' me She knows she's taken my Curley But she doesn't know That elephants' memory and elephants' heartache is the last thing to go Now, she comes toward us; I can feel the blood risin' At the sound of her simperin' speech She walks up to Curley; she says, "Can I touch him?" She should have stayed out of my reach If it wasn't for Curley, and knowin' he likes her I would've just stepped on her head But I just hit her too hard; I didn't mean to I'm sorry she ended up dead And we roll across Texas and roll across Texas And roll across Texas some more In the heat of the midday sun, with the rockin' and reelin' My feet are all chained to the floor As we roll across Texas some more Back in the boxcar, I trumpet till midnight Singin' my song of goodbye They bring me some poison, but I do not eat it But I know I am fixin' to die Early next mornin', they chain me to four trees In a forest of rifles and men After forty-nine shots, I finally leave And I ain't goin' back there again To we roll across Texas and roll across Texas And roll across Texas some more In the heat of the midday sun with the rockin' and reelin' My feet are all chained to the floor As we roll across Texas some more Yeah, we roll across Texas and roll across Texas And roll across Texas some more MP3 here |
Subject: Lyr Add: EXECUTION OF BLACK DIAMOND (Curtis Eller) From: Cluin Date: 07 Jan 07 - 06:58 PM The Execution of Black Diamond by Curtis Eller October twelfth is hotter than Hell in Texas I guess elephants just go bad this time of year And Clara James had no idea what hit her Well we coulda done something if we had our shotguns here But Corsicana, Texas Is a town without no shade And we never shoulda let that freak-show pass through here (You got to) send a telegram off to P.T. Barnum 'Cause somebody's gonna take the blame and it might be you Well, send a telegram off to P.T. Barnum 'Cause the old man always knows what to do Well, I swear to God I never seen nothin' like it That fender folded up like a valentine And the trainers broke their necks but they couldn't do nothin' That elephant's gonna be himself just one time And the day will fall upon you And the autumn will start to burn And you can wash your hands but this stain is worse than wine (You got to) send a telegram off to P.T. Barnum 'Cause somebody's gonna take the blame and it might be you Send a telegram off to P.T. Barnum 'Cause the old man always knows what to do Well they marched Black Diamond through the streets of Corsicana Oh, but they could not chain that ghost up to the trees He shook his head and he stumbled after the first shots Even the bullets wilted in shame like a nest of bees There's a funeral born in the circus Like a stone baked in the bread It was fifty bullets `fore that elephant fell to his knees (You got to) send a telegram off to P.T. Barnum 'Cause somebody's gonna take the blame and it might be you Oh, send a telegram off to P.T. Barnum 'Cause the old man always knows what to do The old man always knows what to do MP3 file here. |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: MoorleyMan Date: 07 Jan 07 - 06:18 PM And here's a new one for the Hippo Songs list: The Adventures of Harry The Hippopotamus by Mark Lunn - available on his CD-EP That's The Style ! Fab! |
Subject: Lyrics Add: Jumbo Says to Alice From: Bard Judith Date: 14 Oct 05 - 11:06 AM A bit of background here: My mother lives in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada - noted, among other things, as being the place where the famous Jumbo the elephant of Barnum-&-Bailey's, imported from England, lost his life. He is remembered there by a life-size statue overlooking the highway, and plenty of folklore and stories. While visiting last year we were discussing the story and Mom dredged this little song up from her childhood memories. She tells me that Gran taught it to her. Jumbo says to Alice, "I love you." Alice says to Jumbo, "I don't believe you do! For if you really loved me, As you ought to do, You wouldn't've gone to Americay And left me in the zoo!" |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: harpgirl Date: 05 Aug 05 - 10:46 AM hippo songs |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: RobbieWilson Date: 01 Jun 05 - 07:25 AM An effervescing elephant by Syd Barrett Wonderful stuff |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,montana_don@sofast.net Date: 31 May 05 - 10:24 PM The lyrics to Dat Dere posted by Cool Beans a year ago are *NOT* the original lyrics. Oscar Brown, Jr wrote the words to Timmon's instrumental as a tribute to his son Bo Bo in the 50's and recorded them on Sin and Soul. Among other things, they are the words of a little boy to his father, not his mother. As one reviewer commented, "some clever hipster dialog between a daddy-o and his very young son". The words cited are the ones used by Rickie Lee Jones. Don C |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: wysiwyg Date: 18 Dec 04 - 03:53 PM hEAR IT FOR YOURSELF: HOLE IN THE ELEPHANT'S BOTTOM ~S~ |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Snuffy Date: 18 Dec 04 - 09:09 AM Azizi I'm no Spanish speaker, but it looks to me like "Un elefante se balanceaba Sobre la tela de un arana." is about the same as 'One elephant went out to play, Upon a spider's web one day...." Alan. I'll see if I can get them done before I see you on Monday |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: alanww Date: 17 Dec 04 - 07:43 PM Thanks for your efforts, MMario. While it has most of the tune, after a closer look I see that bars 15 to 24 are missing from it. Or are they a repeats of an earlier section? Can anyone help, please? "Off she went with a ...!" Alan |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Cool Beans Date: 17 Dec 04 - 03:05 PM Then there's Michael Mish's "Charlie the Elephant," thematically similar to "Puff, the Magic Dragon" except that Charlie reappears and the adult singer/narrator goes for a ride on his back. Either tnat, or it's the narrator's child. The memory aint what it used to be. It's a fine song and it's on Mish's children's recording "We Love the Animals." |
Subject: Lyr Add: ANIMAL FAIR (from Thomas W. Talley) From: Azizi Date: 17 Dec 04 - 01:50 PM Here's a version of Animal Fair from Thomas W. Talley's 1922 book "Negro Folk Rhymes". I believe that this answers CapriUni's question upthread from 04 Oct 01 - 12:46 AM. Has you ever hearn tell 'bout de Animal Fair? Dem birds an' beasts wus all down dere. Dat jaybird a-settin' down on 'is wing! Has you ever hearn tell about sitch a thing As what 'us at dat Animal Fair? Well, dem animals had a Fair. Dem birds an' beast wys dere. De big Baboon, By de light o' de moon, Jes comb up his sandy hair. De monkey, he git drunk, He kick up a red hot chunk. Dem coals, dey 'rose; An' bu'nt 'is toes! He clumb de Elephan's trunk. I went down to de Fair. Dem varmints wll wuz dere. Dat young Baboon Wunk at Miss Coon; Dat curled de Elephan's hair. De Camel den walk 'bout, An' tromped on de Elephan's snout. De Elephan' sneeze, An' fall on his knees; Dat pleased all dem monkeys. I'd be interested in knowing if there are any earlier published versions of this song. --- Also, I would love more information about the cumulative elephant song that CapriUnit mentioned in his 28 Sep 01 post. Guest Barry on : 25 Mar 04 - 09:12 AM said that this was a well-known children's song here in Costa Rica and gave these words. "Un elefante se balanceaba Sobre la tela de un arana." -- Would someone translate these Spanish words, please {if they aren't nonsense words} And does anyone have any more information about this song and Costa Rica. For instance, did the song come from Costa Rica, or from elsewhere and then was picked up in Costa Rica? Finally, Little Robyn 25 Mar 04 mentioned that "We used to watch the Elephant Show on telly - Bram, Lois and Sharon. Their theme song at the start was; 'One elephant went out to play, Upon a spider's web one day....'" Little Robyn, do you remember if that television song had the same cumulative words as the song that CapriUnit's uncle sung? I would love to use this song in my children's programming, and would appreciate any information on its' history. Thanks. |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 04 - 11:18 AM sorry it took me so long |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 04 - 11:16 AM Nelly the elephant sheet music |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: alanww Date: 17 Dec 04 - 10:46 AM We have the words for "Nellie the Elephant" here but I am finding it difficult to locate the dots. Can anyone help me please? " ... on the road to Mandalay!" Alan |
Subject: Lyr Add: ME AND THE ELEPHANT (Benny Whitehead) From: Jim Dixon Date: 14 Nov 04 - 06:11 PM Copied from http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/m/meandtheelephant.shtml ME AND THE ELEPHANT (Benny Whitehead) I remember the day we had nothin' to do So we went down to the City Zoo Just to kill an hour or two Out in the good sunshine. But we had so much fun, we were glad that we came. We fed all the animals and gave each a name, An' didn't even mind when it started to rain. We had a real good time. But now that it's over and you're far away, I miss you more with each passing day, And all my friends sympathize and say, "He'll forget in time. Yes, you will. Give yourself a little more time." But it's already been well over a year, And just in case you're interested, you might like to hear How everybody's doing down at the City Zoo Without you. Well the monkeys forgot ya, and the hippo forgot ya, And so did the kangaroo; But me and the elephant, we still remember you. Me and the elephant, we'll never forget you. Well I wrote to Ann Landers and Dear Abby too, And sought their advice as to what I should do, And they said everything that reminds me of you Would all have to go. So I burned all your pictures, except two or three: The one by my bed, and one on my TV, And the one that I always carry with me Everywhere I go. Now today was so nice and since I was in town, I thought I'd take the opportunity to go down And see how everyone is down at the City Zoo, And what's new. Well the rhino forgot ya, an' the zebra forgot ya, The polar bear and tiger too; But me and the elephant, we still remember you. Me and the elephant, we'll never forget you. [Recorded by Gene Cotton, 1975; Kenny Starr, 1977; Bobby Goldsboro, 1977; Val Doonican; Roy Clark; Lena Martell.] |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,cakesandpies_1@hotmail.com Date: 13 Nov 04 - 11:32 AM Does anybody know the sone Me and the elephant? sung by various artists such as Val doonical, Gene cotton, Laudon wainwright and more. does anybody know where i can find the guitar tbs and/or chords for this song? ive looked all over the web but cannont find them. |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: barnacle Date: 05 May 04 - 12:04 PM The Jumbo the Elephant song mentioned earlier was by Leon Rosselson - a great song!! |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,Spike Date: 05 May 04 - 10:10 AM Don't forget the immortal ;- Gene Cotton - Me And The Elephant |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,banjoman Date: 05 May 04 - 05:52 AM The best elephant song of all (my opinion) is "The hole in the Elephant's bottom" a music hall type song about a pantomime elephant. Debbie Mclatchey did a song called "Seeing the Elephant" using the tune of the Ohio Boatman's Song - really not much about elephants except one verse Keep looking |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Cool Beans Date: 04 May 04 - 07:25 PM We used clomp around the preschool, arms extended in front of us, hands clasped to make our trunks and sing: The elephant carries a great big trunk He never packs it with clothes It has no lock and it has no key, But he takes it wherever he goes. |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Kenny B (inactive) Date: 27 Mar 04 - 07:01 AM From the sumlime to the .... Have you ever seen an elephant pee? Oh! what a wonderful scene, Does it for an hour and a quarter, And you can't see it's belly for steam. |
Subject: Lyr Add: HUBERTA (Jeremy Taylor) From: Cattail Date: 26 Mar 04 - 07:25 PM For Breezy, and any others who are interested in the sad story of Huberta the Hippopotamus. (A true story. Details culled from the library of the Johannesburg Sunday Times). Transcribed off the album:- "Sydney Carter and Jeremy Taylor at Eton" Released in 1967 on the Fontana label. Disk No: STL 5418 HUBERTA by Jeremy Taylor I'll tell you the story of Huberta the Hippopotamus, Who one day Left her home in the Umbolosi (sp?) And wandered, far away. Now she wandered for many a mile, On a long and lonely exile, Far away from the sugar plantation, She knew when she was a child. Well no one can tell you why she went to Durban, For she gave no explanation, But around midnight, she gave the city a fright, By her appearance at the police station. Furthermore we shall never know, Why through the country club she didn't go, And was finally seen, like a beauty queen, Gazing in the chemist's window. And then she visited Port St Johns, Where she made a cursory call, And the people there just stood and stared, As she walked in through the town hall. They said, "Johnny don't go too near. Huberta, you can't stay here. You're far to ugly for us to love, Too clumsy for us to fear." Huberta, why did you leave home? What made you want to walk alone? Who knows what lies in store for you, And who can tell what men will do? At last Huberta found a pool, On a farm near King Williams town, And finally, it seemed that she Had decided to settle down. But the public for interviews sought her, And especially the reporters. But Huberta was shy, and refused to comply, Plunging back into the dark waters. One day some Zulus passing by Began to pelt Huberta with stones. But hearing their cry, a witch doctor nearby, At once consulted his sacred bones, And forthwith proclaimed that Huberta Was the risen spirit of Chaka. And later, it's said, three men lay dead, All punished for their misdemeanour. Whenever horses or cows came by, She invited them to stay. She wagged her tail and advanced politely, But always they ran away. And then the sorrowful sight, Huberta would sadly capsize. Back into the pool where the muddy water, Would hide the tears in her eyes. Huberta, why don't you go home, You know, you know, your turn will come. For in this world of men and guns, They'll spill your blood where the river runs. Early in the morning four farmers came, Their hands all sweaty, and their eyes aflame, They said, "You've got no right to be on our land. We'll teach you a lesson that you'll understand." But Huberta made no effort to run, So they dried their hands, and they levelled their guns, They fired in her nose, in her eyes, in her head, They fired in her belly till the river ran red, Red blood, blood red. River, don't cry. You know Huberta was born to die. Huberta, why did you leave home? What made you want to walk alone? A fish can live where a dog will die. A man can't go where the swallows fly. Cheers for now Cattail! |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Celtaddict Date: 25 Mar 04 - 11:03 PM Mark, the elephant/telephone is indeed Ogden Nash. |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: JWB Date: 25 Mar 04 - 10:37 PM I recall a song by Jon Gailmore (sp?) about Jumbo, with this repeated line: Jumbo the elephant sure wasn't elegant And his intelligence was small. The story is dark, and concerns the consequence when one pushes an elephant too far. Jerry |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Cattail Date: 25 Mar 04 - 07:30 PM Breezy, Taylor's "Huberta" was on the "Jeremy Taylor and Sydney Carter at Eton" album, it was released in 1967 but I can't tell you which label it was on at the moment. Cheers for now. Cattail ! |
Subject: Lyr Add: SYRACUSE THE ELEPHANT (Stackridge) From: TheBigPinkLad Date: 25 Mar 04 - 06:10 PM Syracuse the Elephant (Stackridge, circa 1972) Syracuse the elephant wanders around Never harming anyone, lies on the ground Eats his trees and giant leaves, keeps to himself Remem'bring herbal niceties found on the velt. Oh, leave me alone, I want to go home ah-ah. Oh, leave me alone, I want to go home ah-ah. Born and bred in Bristol zoo, brought up on swedes His keeper was a specialist who came down frm Leeds Fed him well and curled his tail, making a show But Syracuse the elephant still wanted to go. Oh, leave me alone, I want to go home ah-ah. Oh, leave me alone, I want to go home ah-ah. Syracuse the elephant, remember his name Then you won't forget his rise to fortune and fame. They shipped him to America to star and to reign And now he lives in Hollywood with Tarzan and Jane. Oh, leave me alone, I want to go home ah-ah. Oh, leave me alone, I want to go home ... don't take my herbs away ... |
Subject: Lyr Add: NELLIE THE ELEPHANT From: TheBigPinkLad Date: 25 Mar 04 - 06:03 PM Nellie the Elephant To Bombay a travelling circus came, They brought an inteligent elephant and Nellie was her name. One dark night she slipped her iron chain and off she ran to Hindustan and was never seen again! Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the circus. Off she went with a trumpety-trump Trump trump trump! New Nellie the elephant packed her trunk and trundled off to the jungle. Off she went with a trumpety Trump trump trump trump! The head of the herd was calling far far away. They met one night in the silver light on the road to Mandalay! Night by night she danced to the circus band. When Nellie was leading the big parade she looked so proud and grand. No more tricks for Nellie to perform They taught her how to take a bow and she took the crowd by storm! |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Joe_F Date: 25 Mar 04 - 05:55 PM A tail behind, a trunk in front Complete the usual elephant. A tail in front, a trunk behind Is what you very seldom find. If you for elephants should hunt With trunks behind and tails in front, The hunt would occupy you long -- The force of habit is so strong. -- A. E. Housman (from memory) I shoot the Hippopotamus with bullets made of platinum, Because if I use leaden ones his hide is sure to flatten 'em. -- Hilaire Belloc |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Joybell Date: 25 Mar 04 - 04:52 PM Oops Sorry! Had a few words wrong. It's here on thread number 0.7742 |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Nelly the Elephant? From: Joybell Date: 25 Mar 04 - 04:42 PM No can't find it. British Mudcatters might be able to come up with it. It's called "Nelly the Elephant" and it starts: Nelly the elephant packed her trunk and ran away to the circus.... The tune is a rollicking dance that sounds like the sort of dance an elephant would do. I heard an English girl play it on her concertina and later found the words. We have them somewhere but you'd need the tune. |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Joybell Date: 25 Mar 04 - 04:16 PM There's the little kids' song: Haydee, haydee-ho The great big elephant is so slow Haydee, heydee-ho The elephant is so slow. Not much to it. The tunes rather vague, more of a chant. Also a wonderful elephant song from a British TV show - I'll see if I can find it. Joy |
Subject: Lyr Add: DAT DERE (Timmons, Brown) From: Cool Beans Date: 25 Mar 04 - 04:01 PM "Can I have that big elephant over there" is a lyric from "Dat Dere" a jazz song from back in the 60s. Dat Dere (Bobby Timmons/Oscar Brown Jr.) Hey mama, what's that there? And what's that doing there? Hey mama, up here! Mama, hey look at that over there! And what's that doing there? And where're they going there? And mummy can I have that big elephant over there? Who's that in my chair? And what's he doing there? Mummy, up here! Mummy, can I go over there? Hey mummy, what is square? And where do we get air? And mummy can I have that big elephant over there? Quit talking! There's no more anything here! Forever to manage to know who and why and where! Quit that, child! Sometimes the questions get filed! And mummy can I have that big elephant over there? Don't wanna comb my hair And where's my teddy bear? Mummy, up here! Look at the cowboy coming there! And can I have a pair Of boots like that to wear? And mummy can I have that big elephant over there? Time will march Days will go And little baby's going to grow I gotta tell her what she needs to know I'll help her along And she'll be strong And she'll know right from wrong As life's parade goes marching by She's gonna need to know some reasons why I don't have all the answers But I'll try the best as I can I'll make him a man, that's right 'Cause you give the kid your best And hope she passes the test And I find it so hard I taught him well *** Somewhere though she's going I betting I never will forget *** Mummy, can I have that big elephant over there? Hey why they do that there? And how you put that there? Hey mummy, up here! Hey mummy, what that say up there? Hey mummy, what is fair? How come I have to share? And mummy can I have that big elephant over there? (3x) |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Little Robyn Date: 25 Mar 04 - 02:50 PM We used to watch the Elephant Show on telly - Bram, Lois and Sharon. Their theme song at the start was; 'One elephant went out to play, Upon a spider's web one day....' It was loaded with elephant jokes as well as folky songs, games, rhymes, etc. The daughter is 18 now but she still enjoys watching the old videos of that show. Robyn |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Big Jim from Jackson Date: 25 Mar 04 - 11:30 AM Bobby Bare, on an album titled "Singing In The Kitchen", does a nice little song by Shel Silverstein called either "The Elephant and the MOnkey" or "Long Long Time Ago". |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST Date: 25 Mar 04 - 09:12 AM In response to CapriUno's elephant song that his uncle sang, it's a well-known children's song here in Costa Rica. "Un elefante se balanceaba Sobre la tela de un arana." Saludos, Barry |
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,Argenine Date: 08 Oct 01 - 08:42 PM Sourdough, I sure hope someone can find that song. It sounds great and I would love to hear it. ----- Arge |
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