If you don't like 'At the drop of a hat', but want the Hippopotamus Song sung by Flanders and Swann, it's available on a compilation album called 'Junior Choice Volume 1' (CD-MFP 5890). The CD is full of children's hits from the 50s and 60s - things like Nellie the Elephant, Jake the Peg, Woody Woodpecker and Ernie (the Fastest Milkman in the West). Given a choice between Ernie and Madeira ...Bradypus