What Can Make a Hippopotamus Smile?

What can make a hippopotamus smile?
What can make him walk for more than a mile?
It’s not a tune on the old violin or listening to the whistling wind
That’s not what hippos do
They move to the groove without any shoes
They wade in waters ‘til their lips turn blue
Cause that’s what makes a hip-potoamus
That’s what makes a hip-potoamus
That’s what makes a hip-potoamus smile!

What can make a hippopotamus smile?
What can make him walk for more than a mile?
It’s not a party with paper hats or cakes and candy that make him fat
That’s not what hippos do
They move to the groove without any shoes
They wade in waters ‘til their lips turn blue
Cause that’s what makes a hip-potoamus
That’s what makes a hip-potoamus
That’s what makes a hip-potoamus smile!

What can make a hippopotamus smile?
What can make him walk for more than a mile?
It’s not a ride on a slippery slide or going out for a bicycle ride
That’s not what hippos do
They move to the groove without any shoes
They wade in waters ‘til their lips turn blue
Cause that’s what makes a hip-potoamus
That’s what makes a hip-potoamus
That’s what makes a hip-potoamus smile!