Hippo

Has the rain a father

Where does the hippo go?

Do you speak from riddles

His tail's like a cedar tree

The tendons of his thighs like rope

His bones like tubes of bronze

Ribs like bars of iron

And the mountains bring him food

And he takes the shield of gold

Loves the river like a father

Where does the hippopotamus go?

Underwater secret garden

Bones like tubes of bronze, tubes of bronze

The mountains bring him food

And the spring rain falls around

He waddles in the water

And the mudholes in the ground

The fat builds up around his neck

And he only feeds at night

He's running around in the water

With tusk like swords of old

And he takes the shield of gold

Loves the river like a father

Where does the hippopotamus go?

Underwater secret garden

Bones like tubes of bronze

The birds sit on his back, pick off the bugs

The sun beats down upon his ears, and all that mud

And you don't make jokes if you're not as big as him

Hippopotamus, hippopotamus, hippopotamus