Hippo Swings.
Squeak, squeak, goes the swing.
Hippo laughs and starts to sing
Swing me high swing me low
Straight up, up. Up I go
High in the tree, up in the sky
I wonder? I wonder? I wonder how high?
How high will I go before I must stop?
How high do I swing to get the top?
Backwards and forwards, on and on.
Hippos having so much fun!
Now he’s high nearly at the top
Then monkey cries out “NO! Hippo STOP!”
The chain has come loose and you will drop!
Hippo laughed loud. Loud as can be.
Then like a rocket he shot out of the tree!
The moral in plain and the moral are true!
So don’t say that I haven’t tried to warn you.
If you have a friend who’s big and kind of fat
Don’t let them on a swing! No don’t ever do that
For if the chain does brake and you are standing near
Muffled cries for help maybe all that we’ll hear.
Hippo laughs and starts to sing
Swing me high swing me low
Straight up, up. Up I go
High in the tree, up in the sky
I wonder? I wonder? I wonder how high?
How high will I go before I must stop?
How high do I swing to get the top?
Backwards and forwards, on and on.
Hippos having so much fun!
Now he’s high nearly at the top
Then monkey cries out “NO! Hippo STOP!”
The chain has come loose and you will drop!
Hippo laughed loud. Loud as can be.
Then like a rocket he shot out of the tree!
The moral in plain and the moral are true!
So don’t say that I haven’t tried to warn you.
If you have a friend who’s big and kind of fat
Don’t let them on a swing! No don’t ever do that
For if the chain does brake and you are standing near
Muffled cries for help maybe all that we’ll hear.