I was in deepest Africa
Yes I was, yes I was
I was in deepest Africa
Teaching elephants to dance
Don't look askance, for elephants
Love to sing and dance in their fancy hot pants
I was in deepest Africa
Teaching elephants to dance
I was in deepest Africa
Yes I was, yes I was
I was in deepest Africa
Watching a toucan cancan
When in the Sudan a toucan
Can cancan better than any ten toucans can
I was in deepest Africa
Watching a toucan cancan
I was in deepest Africa
Yes I was, yes I was
I was in deepest Africa
Teaching a gnu to knit
Each stitch that gnu would knit
He would throw a fit like a gnu knit-wit
I was in deepest Africa
Teaching a gnu to knit
(Knit one, pearl two, knit one, pearl two)
I was in deepest Africa
Yes I was, yes I was
I was in deepest Africa
Teaching a baboon to croon
Each tune that baboon would croon
Made the she-baboons loonier than moon goons
I was in deepest Africa
Teaching a baboon to croon
I was in deepest Africa
Yes I was, yes I was
I was in deepest Africa
Teaching hippopotami ... to fly
Don't sigh, look up in the sky
Hippopotami will be flying by
I was in deepest Africa
Teaching hippopotami ... to fly