PASSING IT ALONG
The elephant he started in and made tremen-
dous fuss
Alleging he was crowded by the hippopotamus;
He entertained misgivings that the earth was
growing small,
And arrived at the conclusion that there wasn’t
room for all.
Then the hippo got to thinking and he was
frightened too
And so he passed the word along and sassed the
kangaroo.
The kangaroo as promptly took alarm and
talked of doom
And ordered all the monkeys off the earth to
give him room.
And the monkeys jawed the squirrels and the
squirrels jawed the bees,
While the bees gave Hail Columby to the
minges and the fleas,
—In the microscopic kingdom of the microbes,
I will bet
That word of greedy jealousy is on its travels
yet;
All just because the elephant got scared and
made a fuss
Alleging he was crowded by the hippopotamus.