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1  Hippos for Sale - Ippopotami in vendita

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I have hippos for sale,
and they don't come cheap.
Hippos for sale! But the price ain't that steep.
Don't ask where I got them.
The deal was pretty shady.
Come on and buy one.
Get one for your lady.
They have hundreds of uses
around the house and home.
They work wonders as plumb bobs
or as weights on metronomes.
If you put them in the ice box
and drop one in your tea,
they'll keep it cold as winter.
Just try it and you'll see.
If you fill one up with helium
and tie it to a string,
you'll have a nifty balloon
fit for emperors and kings.
When heated past the boiling point
they'll keep your house real warm.
They'll even keep you toasty
in the midst of winter storms.
I've heard they make good bookends
and rings and paperweights.
Buy two or twelve or twenty
or six hundred forty eight!
They make impressive furniture
as stools and chairs and couches.
Hey, I won't sell to anyone
not fools or dips or slouches.
They can help you with your homework,
keep your room neat as a pin.
Everyone is buying one.
To pass this up would be a sin.
The movie stars and senators
who know what life's about
just can't get enough of them.
They've almost bought me out.
They're becoming quite the thing to own
these hippopotami.
Who's got the brains among you
to see it's time to buy?
I'm not hawkin' lions,
or caribou or quail.
I've only got one animal,
that's HIPPOS FOR SALE!

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Ho ippopotami in vendita,
e non costano poco.
Ippopotami in vendita!
Ma il prezzo non è un gioco.
Non chieder dove li ho presi.
L’operazione era appetitosa.
Vieni a comprarne uno.
Prendilo per la tua sposa.
Hanno centinaia di usi
in casa e fuori.
Fanno meraviglie come fili a piombo
o come pesi per accessori.
Se li metti nel congelatore
e ne usi uno nel tè,
lo terranno freddo come l'inverno.
Prova e vedrai che effetto c’è.
Se ne riempi uno di elio
e lo leghi ad un piombino,
avrai un palloncino
adatto ad un re o a un bambino.
Se scaldati oltre il punto di ebollizione
la casa molto calda avrai.
Ti terranno elettrizzato
nelle tempeste invernali, lo vedrai.
Ho sentito che fanno da fermalibri
e anelli e fermacarte.
Comprane due, dodici o venti
o seicentoquarantotto, se hai arte!
Fanno da mobile, impressionanti
come sgabelli, sedie e sofà.
Ehi! non vendo a chiunque,
non agli sciocchi né ai fannulloni
o a chi ci fa.
Possono aiutarti con i compiti,
a tener pulita la tua stanza.
Tutti ne stanno comprando uno.
Perdere l’occasione è una mancanza.
Le star del cinema ed i senatori
che sanno cosa conta nella vita,
non ne hanno mai abbastanza.
Mi hanno quasi esaurita.
Stanno diventando un vero must
questi ippopotami di sanguemisto.
Chi ha il cervello tra voi per capire
che è ora di fare un buon acquisto?
Non sto vendendo leoni,
o caribù o quaglie.
Ho solo un animale,
sono IPPOPOTAMI IN VENDITA,
non minutaglie!

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