Colonel Hathi’s March

(From Disney’s The Jungle Book (1967), lyrics by Richard Sherman. This is one of Katherine’s favorite tunes)

Hup-two-three-four
Keep it up-two-three-four
Hup-two-three-four
Keep it up-two-three-four
Company, sound off!
Ho, the aim of our patrol
Is a question rather droll
For to march and drill
Over field and hill
Is a military goal!
Is a military goal!
Hup-two-three-four
Dress it up-two-three-four
Hup-two-three-four
Dress it up-two-three-four
By the ranks or single file
Over every jungle mile
Oh we stamp and crush
Through the underbrush
Hup-two-three-four
In a military style!
In a military style!
Hup-two-three-four
Keep it up-two-three-four …

Reprise
Hup-two-three-four
Keep it up-two-three-four
Hup-two-three-four
Keep it up-two-three-four
Company, sound off!
Oh, we march from here to there
And it doesn’t matter where
You can hear us push
Through the deepest bush
With a military air!
We’re a cracker-jack brigade
On a pachyderm parade
But we’d rather stroll to a water hole
Hup-two-three-four
For a furlough in the shade!