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Subject: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,Argenine Date: 05 Sep 01 - 11:15 PM There are two elephant songs and one hippopotamus song I'm trying to find -- and there may be other good suggestions, too. One song is by Baby Gramps of Seattle, called "Go Wash An Elephant (If You Wanna Do Something Big)." A second is an old jazz song that goes, "Daddy, can I have dat big elephant over dere?" The third is "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas." Does someone have lyrics and/or chords for these? How about others? I already know Flanders and Swann's "Hippopotamus" song (in the DT, I think) -- except for the 4th verse, after the hippopotamus gets married (and divorced, I think). There's also "When I See A Elephant Fly," from Disney's "Dumbo." What about other pachyderm songs (rhinos included)? Genie |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Argenine From: GUEST,Argenine Date: 05 Sep 01 - 11:17 PM Uh-oh! Somehow the thread title got posted wrong even after I corrected the typo. How do I fix it? (Can you fix it, Joe? If you can, thanks. Argenine) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,Sonja Date: 06 Sep 01 - 03:28 AM There's an old thread: I Carried Water For The Elephant. It has the lyrics to this old circus song. Don't know the Baby Gramps song or the other one you mentioned, Argenine. Sonja |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Joe Offer Date: 06 Sep 01 - 03:42 AM Hi, Argenine - be sure to try our Digitrad and Forum Search. Here's I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (click). |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Joe_F Date: 06 Sep 01 - 08:14 PM The 4th stanza (from memory): The amorous hippopotamus whose love song we know Is now married and father of ten. He murmurs "God rot 'em!" as he watches them grow, And he longs to be single again. He'll gambol no more by the banks of the Nile, Which Nasser is flooding next spring. With hippopoTAmas in silken pyjamas No more will he teach them to sing... The switch from the Shalimar to the Nile was inconspicuous in that this stanza was sung, by itself, in the second show (_Another_ Hat). |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,Argenine Date: 06 Sep 01 - 11:05 PM Thanks for that verse, Joe F. Joe Offer, Thanks for the Hippo for Xmas link. The reason I hadn't looked it up before is that it was an afterthought--not the main focus of the thread, which is mainly to get the Baby Gramps song and the "Can I Have Dat Big Elephant" songs ( and any others I am not aware of). Sorry for the duplication. Argenine |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Metchosin Date: 06 Sep 01 - 11:20 PM You want Hippopotamus songs? Boy do these people here have Hippo Songs! Mind you their composer information is a bit suspect. "If You Love A Hippopotamus" by Heather Bishop from her Album Bellybutton is listed as being written by someone called Bethie? But don't let that disuade you, its a great song, my kids and I loved it. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Nigel.Parsons Date: 09 Sep 01 - 01:00 PM "When I see an elephant fly " has already been mentioned, but, also from Dumbo, there's "Pink Elephants on Parade", an amusing interlude when Dumbo is drunk. Also, whilst on Disney, there's "Heffalumps and Woozels" (elephants & weasels ?) on one of the Winnie The Pooh videos. What madness has of late possessed the brain ? Though few can write, yet fewer can refrain! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: breezy Date: 09 Sep 01 - 03:58 PM try jeremy taylor's Huberta the hippoppotamas and yougot nellie the elephant then there's one by leon rosselson which starts 'Jumbo the elephant, he wasn't elegant and his intelligence was small, But he was a sort of nice kind of elephant , ///// and mild ,like a lovable child obedient to anyones call---- then it goes on about its relationship with the mayor . if you locate taylor let me know.good luck |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Pelrad Date: 10 Sep 01 - 01:40 PM Song #4 on Metchosin's link above, Hippopotamus Rock, was written and recorded by RosenShontz. Their albums are still available from places like cdnow and amazon.com. Catchy tune; it's got a great beat and you can dance to it! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Mark Cohen Date: 10 Sep 01 - 01:52 PM Thank you, Metchosin--I've been trying to find out who wrote "If You Love a Hippopotamus" ever since I heard it at the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop in 1986! It's one of my daughter's favorite songs. The person who sang it at PSGW (it was one of the members of "Motherlode", but I can't remember who) added this verse, which her daughter wrote: If your friend the hippo Is stuck inside the zoo Just dress her up like a person And sneak her out with you Also, we sing the last lines of the last verse, "She'll tiptoe out hippopotamusly and shut the door" with a diminuendo and ritardando (quieter and slower!), followed by a l-o-o-o-n-g pause, then a shouted..."WHAM!!!!" Very effective. Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Mrrzy Date: 10 Sep 01 - 02:27 PM Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack gets into elephants but it's a little peripheral... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,Argenine Date: 10 Sep 01 - 03:46 PM You folks have given some leads to great songs. Keep it up, but I'm going to post a separate thread for Baby Gramps's song and the other elephant song, because the hippos have taken over this thread. (Nodody knows any Rhinoceros songs? Of-courseros not.) Arge |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Mark Cohen Date: 10 Sep 01 - 06:22 PM Well, maybe somebody could put a tune to this one: Once there was an elephant Who tried to use the telephant Oh, no, I mean an elephone Who tried to use the telephone Whate'er it was, he got his trunk Entangled in the telephunk The more he tried to get it free The louder buzzed the telephee (I fear I'd better drop the song Of elephop and telephong) I think that was in the Childcraft poetry volume, if anybody remembers Childcraft. I don't know who wrote it, but it sounds suspiciously like Mr. Nash. Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,Genie Date: 26 Sep 01 - 03:33 AM Are there any lyrics to the "Baby Elephant Rhumba" or whatever it's called? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Troll Date: 26 Sep 01 - 08:22 AM "Baby Elephant Walk" by Henry Mancini from the movie "Hatari!" starring none other than *JOHN WAYNE*. ta da troll |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: raredance Date: 26 Sep 01 - 09:03 PM "Englebert the Elephant" by Tom Paxton |
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Subject: Lyr Add: JUMBO THE ELEPHANT (Evans, Snow) From: raredance Date: 26 Sep 01 - 09:17 PM JUMBO THE ELEPHANT< (words F H Evans, music J A Snow)
"O have you seen the elephant?" is all the people's cry; from "Folksongs Out of Wisconsin" by Harry Peters (1977 State Historical Society of Wisconsin). song supplied by the Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin. rich r |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: GUEST,Argenine Date: 27 Sep 01 - 01:42 AM Thanks, Troll. I was having a senior moment or something like that. Are there lyrics to Baby Elephant Walk? Argenine |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Lin in Kansas Date: 27 Sep 01 - 03:04 AM Sorry Argenine, Baby Elephant Walk didn't have any lyrics on the sheet music I used to own... Lin |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: CapriUni Date: 28 Sep 01 - 04:51 PM There's a song my uncle used to sing (sorry, I don't have the tune for it) that was a very simple accumulative song (along the lines of "100 bottles of beer"), that went like this:
An el-e-pant went out to play
Two el-e-phants went out to play Etc. ... The song would start with my uncle singing, and marching around the room. When he got to "he invited another elephant..." he would reach out and take the hand of another person there, and then the two of them would romp around the room, and it would continue until everyone in the room was part of the chain, which would end up marching through all the rooms on that level of the house... Mind you, he did this with adults :-) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Genie Date: 03 Oct 01 - 02:23 AM Rich R, Do you have the words to the Tom Paxton elephant song?
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE ANIMAL FAIR From: Metchosin Date: 03 Oct 01 - 02:50 AM There's also the song:
The Animal Fair?
I went to the animal fair Mark, when they were small, my kids used to sing Heather Bishop's Hippopotamus Song and Bellybutton, mimicing her voice. The lady has decidedly unique vocal qualities and their rendition was a hoot. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Mr Red Date: 03 Oct 01 - 06:43 PM Flanders & Swan, "Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud" it has the immortal rhyme or "regular army" with "Hippopotamii". It was probably on the album "At the Drop of a Hat" |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Genie Date: 03 Oct 01 - 08:24 PM or the immortal rhyme "the hippopotamus was no ignoramus..." I believe it's in the DT. It's full of immortal rhymes! Genie |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: CapriUni Date: 04 Oct 01 - 12:46 AM Metochosin -- I learned a variation of the "Animal Fair" song, with the following difference (learned from my mother):
"The monkey, he got drunk, I don't know where she learned it from...
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: raredance Date: 05 Oct 01 - 12:32 AM The Paxton song is on the album "The Marvelous Toy & Other Gallimaufry" (1986 Flying Fish FF408). I'm thinking it may also be on one of his kids CDs such as "Peanut Butter Pie" but I don't know for sure. It's not on "Suzy Was A Rocker". There is no lyric sheet in my copy of the LP which means either there never was one or the kids lost it years ago. That means it goes on the list of songs to transcribe whenever I get to it. rich r |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Metchosin Date: 05 Oct 01 - 12:42 AM CapriUni, come to think of it, I think yours is the correct wording, guess I was having a senior moment. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: CapriUni Date: 05 Oct 01 - 01:29 AM Metchosin -- That's the neat thing about folk music, though: there *Are* no "senior" moments... The songs are right if we sing 'em that way, as long as they feel right on our breath, if you know what I mean. (now, when I called you "Metochosin" *That* was a senior moment!) ;-)
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Metchosin Date: 05 Oct 01 - 02:03 AM Nope! I think when I didn't notice that you had called me Metochosin still has me in the lead*BG* |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: Sourdough Date: 05 Oct 01 - 02:43 AM I recall hearing a Hebrew song popular in Israel in the 1960s. It was a lighthearted little song with the predominent sounds being consonants that "come trippingly across thet tongue". Since I don't know Hebrew, I can't help with words but perhaps another Catter can. The song title transliterates to El Hippopotame. I think. S. Dough |
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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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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 |
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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". |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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! |
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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 ... |
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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 ! |
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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 |
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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. |
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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! |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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!! |
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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. |
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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.] |
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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 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 04 - 11:16 AM Nelly the elephant sheet music |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: MMario Date: 17 Dec 04 - 11:18 AM sorry it took me so long |
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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. |
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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." |
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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 |
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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 |
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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~ |
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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 |
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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 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Elephant & Hippo Songs From: harpgirl Date: 05 Aug 05 - 10:46 AM hippo songs |
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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!" |
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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! |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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"? |
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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 |
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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. |
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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!" |
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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... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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"? |
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