The hippopotamus song

Words by Michael Flanders.
Music by Donald Swann.

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A classic song from the incomparable Flanders and Swann duo, featuring verses with wonderful ‘hippopotamus’ rhymes, linked by the famous ‘mud, mud, glorious mud’ chorus.

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