BEAUTIMOUS ‘POTAMUS

CALYPSO

TEMPO 105 KEY C#

(Huh!) She’s beautimous,

She’s Potamus,

She’s Beautimous Potamus

The most beautiful hippopotamus in all the world! A ha ha!

The days are light and breezy on the old river Zambezi

Hippos come from near and far to see the daughter of Hippopotiphar

Such a hippopoto- top - a mus, such a hippopoto -bottom -us

So beautiful among the hippopotami, she’s known as the hippopoto-my-oh-my!

She’s beautimous,

She’s Potamus,

She’s Beautimous Potamus

She’s the most beautiful hippopotamus in all the world!

Now scientists will tell ya, she’s an Artiodactyla,

An ungulate, amphibious, on African land contiguous.

Well, I don’t know what all that means, and I don’t care a hill of beans

I suppose at hippo time it means she looks just hippo fine!

She’s beautimous,

She’s Potamus,

She’s Beautimous Potamus

The most beautiful hippopotamus in all the world!

Uh huh! In all the world! Come on, children

When her girlfriends get on the bus, what do you think they discuss?

With un-hippo-critical praise, they adore her hip hop unstoppable ways

She’s Cleopatra of the Sahara, she’s the Queen of the Nile

She's fantastic, not plastic, she’s the height of fashion style!

She’s beautimous,

She’s Potamus,

She’s Beautimous Potamus

The most beautiful hippopotamus in all the world!

Oh, in all the world! Ah, hah, hah Oh

Come on, children, do the hippo dance

Yeah, shake that toe, Oh!

Shake it! Come on, come on!

Side to side, (Aaah) back and forth

(Aaah) Come on, come on, come on, come on

She she she she she she’s oh,

She’s beautimous, Oh, oh

She’s beautimous, (Aaah) yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah

Beautimous ‘Potamus, that’s her

(Aaah) Comma comma comma comma

Chocka chocka chocka chocka

Wobba wobba wobba wobba

Lobba lobba lobba lobba

(Aaah) Dat dat momma momma momma dat dat dat dat dat

Beedle ee deet, bo bo pop pop pop pop pop pop

She’s beautimous (Aaah)

In her own way

They line up for miles

Just to see her walk that way, oh

She’s beautimous, (Aaah) chocka, chocka, chocka

She’s ‘potamus, momma, momma, momma

BEAUTIMOUS ‘POTAMUS

CALYPSO

TEMPO 105 KEY C#

(Huh!) She’s beautimous,

She’s Potamus,

She’s Beautimous Potamus

F# G# F# G#

The most beautiful hippopotamus in all the world! A ha ha!

C# F#

The days are light and breezy on the old river Zambezi

C# F# G#

Hippos come from near and far to see the daughter of Hippopotiphar

C# F#

Such a hippopoto- top - a mus, such a hippopoto -bottom -us

C# F# G#

So beautiful among the hippopotami, she’s known as the hippopoto-my-oh-my!

C#

She’s beautimous,

She’s Potamus,

She’s Beautimous Potamus, she’s the most

F# G# F# G#

Beautiful hippopotamus in all the world!

C# F#

Now scientists will tell ya, she’s an Artiodactyla,

C# F# G#

An ungulate, amphibious, on African land contiguous.

C# F#

Well, I don’t know what all that means, and I don’t care a hill of beans

C# F# G#

I suppose at hippo time it means she looks just hippo fine!

C#

She’s beautimous,

She’s Potamus,

She’s Beautimous Potamus

F# G#

The most beautiful hippopotamus in all the world!

F# G#

Uh huh! In all the world! Come on, children

C# F# G#

When her girlfriends get on the bus, what do you think they discuss?

C# F# G#

With un-hippo-critical praise, they adore her hip hop unstoppable ways

C# F# G#

She’s Cleopatra of the Sahara, she’s the Queen of the Nile

C# F# G#

She's fantastic, not plastic, she’s the height of fashion style!

C#

She’s beautimous,

She’s Potamus,

She’s Beautimous Potamus

F# G#

The most beautiful hippopotamus in all the world!

F# G#

Oh, in all the world! Ah, hah, hah Oh

C# F#

Come on, children, do the hippo dance

C# F# G#

Yeah, shake that toe, Oh!

C# F#

Shake it! Come on, come on! Side to side, (Aaah) back and forth

C# F# G#

(Aaah) Come on, come on, come on, come on

C# F# G# (continues)

She she she she she she’s oh,

She’s beautimous, Oh, oh

She’s beautimous, (Aaah) yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah

Beautimous ‘Potamus, that’s her

(Aaah) Comma comma comma comma

Chocka chocka chocka chocka

Wobba wobba wobba wobba

Lobba lobba lobba lobba

(Aaah) Dat dat momma momma momma dat dat dat dat dat

Beedle ee deet, bo bo pop pop pop pop pop pop

She’s beautimous (Aaah)

In her own way

They line up for miles

Just to see her walk that way, oh

Words and Music Ed Wake

Vocals Ed Wake