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Flanders and Swann were a British comedy duo and musicians. Michael Flanders (1922–1975) was a lyricist, actor, and singer. He collaborated with Donald Swann (1923–1994), a composer and pianist, in writing and performing comic songs.
Ian Wallace. Ian Bryce Wallace OBE (10 July 1919 – 12 October 2009) was an English bass-baritone opera and concert singer, actor and broadcaster of Scottish extraction.. His family intended him for a career in the law, but he was attracted to the stage.
"Songs for Our Time": – "Philological Waltz" – "Satellite Moon" Sung by Flanders. – "Topical Song (Harold Macmillan)" – "A Happy Song" "A Song of the Weather" A litany of the months of the year, with their (cold and wet) weather, sung by Flanders in a faux West Country accent.
[94] [95] Hippos were mentioned in the novelty Christmas song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" that became a hit for child star Gayla Peevey in 1953. [96] They also feature in the songs "The Hippopotamus" and "Hippo Encore" by Flanders and Swann, with the famous refrain "Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud".
In this 1953 photograph, Mathilda the hippo, safely immered in her new home, stares up at Gayla Peevey, the little girl whose fast-selling Christmas song "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas ...
All hippopotamus species are semi-aquatic, with skin that is prone to cracking if it dries out. They prefer to spend most of their day submerged in water and come out at night to graze and feed.
The Oklahoma City Zoo capitalized upon the popularity of "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" with a fundraising campaign to "buy a hippo for Gayla". The fund raised $3,000 (equivalent to US$34,164 in 2023), and a baby hippopotamus named Matilda (who weighed over 700 pounds [ 2 ] ) was purchased and given to Peevey, which she then donated to ...
A female pygmy hippopotamus calf was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo in early December, marking the third calf of the endangered species to be born at the zoo in the last five years, officials said.