- The Hippo Song
- (actions in brackets)
What can make a hippopotamus smile? (shrug shoulders,
trace a smile)
- Boom, boom, boom, (bump bums with your neighbours)
- What can make her walk for more than a mile? (shrug
shoulders, hike action)
- Not parties with their paper hats (arms over head
as a party hat)
- Nor candies nor cakes that make her fat (stuff mouth
with food, hold belly)
- That's not what hippos do! (shake finger "no")
- What do they do? THEY--- (hands on hips, on "THEY",
cup hands to shout)
- Ooze in the goo without any shoes (play with invisible
mud in your hands)
- And they wade in the water 'till their lips turn blue
(dribble fingers on lips)
- That's what makes a hippopotamus smile! (trace a smile)
- Boom, boom, boom (bump bums with your neighbours)
What can make a hippopotamus smile? (shrug shoulders,
trace a smile)
- Boom, boom, boom, (bump bums with your neighbours)
- What can make her walk for more than a mile? (shrug
shoulders, hike action)
- Not swooshing down a slippery slide (slide action
with hands)
- Or going for a bicycle ride (bike on the spot)
- That's not what hippos do! (shake finger "no")
- What do they do? THEY--- (hands on hips, on "THEY",
cup hands to shout)
- Ooze in the goo without any shoes (play with invisible
mud in your hands)
- And they wade in the water 'till their lips turn blue
(dribble fingers on lips)
- That's what makes a hippopotamus smile! (trace a smile)
- Boom, boom, boom (bump bums with your neighbours)