Flanders and Swann introduced me to the romantic melody with The Hippopotamus Song. Too young to grasp the nuances of romantic entanglements, I would sit mesmerised; listen to the airplay on the radio and repeat the chorus to an annoying degree. Five years old and all I could remember was the chorus. I probably drove my mother mad with it!
Mud, mud, glorious mud
Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood
So follow me, follow / down to the hollow
And there let us wallow in glorious mud
The love song of the hippopotami and the wooing of his fair hippopota-maid, playing on her innocence and naivety to encourage her to spend languorous hours in the water, His melodious tones rising from the river to her ears, and drawing her closer; follow me, follow...
Reminded me of the chirp of the little blue bird on the Internet; follow me, follow me back, and it's often about knowing where to look
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There, I hope that's useful!
There, I hope that's useful!
Chill, follow me, I'll follow back...
the mud thing's not really necessary,
Unless...no, better not go there!
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