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Hippopotamus

from The Very Better Of by Barabajagal

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A song about betrayal, street level crime and murderous revenge. It's a kids song.

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There's a happy hippopotamus
Hippo plodding along
As the toucan band sang him his song

He's a little happy,
Little hairy,
Little hippy, happy hippopotamus.

Then down from a tree
Came his friend, the monkey,
He said "Mr Potty-Wotty-Mus
Look at me!.

I can sing you a song,
And it won't be too long,
So you can hippo-party along

It's bout a little happy,
Little hairy,
Little hippy, happy hippopotamus".

While the monkey sang
Snuck Orangutan,
Behind Mr Potty-Lotty-Mus
They'd thunk a plan.

Monkey sang his song,
Which is getting quite long,
But fun if you hippo-party along.

About a little happy,
Little hairy,
Little hippy, happy hippopotamus.

But when the song slowed
Mr Potty did know
Of a wallet sized hole
In the pocket of

A not so happy,
Little hungry,
Little hippy, happy hippopotamus.

And then Monkey did shout
For Ranga to get out
Cos Mr Potty-Notty-Mus
Is charging about.

And no one sang the song
Of the Hippo-Ma-Tron
Cos he ate the Orangutan.

credits

from The Very Better Of, released November 11, 2017
All instruments and vocals - David Cooper
Backing voices and whoops and things - Georgia Kerby, James T-B, Peter Sinton, Claire MacIndoe, Freya Moore, Edmund Smith and Mason Thorburn.

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Barabajagal Dunedin, New Zealand

Barabajagal are a band who make music.

It's pretty ok stuff really.

It's rooted in psychedelia but incorporates so many genres that it doesn't really seem too definable. But it's ok with that.

Despite being a kiwi band the songwriter is actually rather English, so whenever he sings you'd be hard pressed to go "wow, those kiwis huh". Still, New Zealand-ish.

Pronounced Bah-Rabba-Jaggle.
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