The Bison is King

Words and Music by Herbert A. Williams, M.D., '89 (Awarded First Prize, University Day, 1915)

Now here's to the Hip-po-pot-a-mus,
Who spends all his time in the mud.
the Wolves and the Foxes,
The Pigs, Sheep and Oxes,
And other things left from the Flood.
Now here's to the jolly old Snake who
Gave Grandfather Adam a fall.
The Shark and the Snark and
The whole Noah's Ark, and
The Bison is the King of them All.

Chorus:
The Clouds are White, the sky is Blue.
The colors right for me and you.
The Red, Green or Yellow
For some other fellow --
The Bison is the King of them All.

Now here's to brave Admiral Jonah,
His whale the first submarine boat.
The Mermaid, the Muskrat,
The Owl and the Tom Cat.
High C was his favorite note.
Now, here's to Giraffus Solongus,
His collars are seven feel tall.
The ostrich, the emu,
The Zebra, the Zebu,
The Bison is King of them All.

(Chorus)

Now, here's to old Pithe-can-thro-pus
Who sat on our family tree.
The Dodo, the Hobo,
Who came from Ohio,
The rooster with manners too free.
Now, here's to the cute little possum,
He rolls himself up in a ball.
The mule and the donkey,
The Freshman, the Monkey,
The Bison is King of them All.

(Chorus)

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