Hugh the Manatee

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Album:Circle of Life

Artist:Magpie http://www.magpiemusic.com/

NOTE to Teachers:See Music Education Resources Library at http://www.angelfire.com/nb2/musicedresources/ThemMus3.html

Circle of Life:Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner's excellent album of Earth songs for children of all ages, a favorite with kids as well as their parents. It features songs celebrating the animals, such as "The Buffalo Song", �Blue Crab Blues", "I Am a Dolphin", and "Hugh the Manatee", as well as songs about what we can do to help in the all-important healing process, such as "Shut Off the Water", and "It Really Isn't Garbage".To Order CD's and cassettes please contact:LONG TAIL RECORDS, P.O. Box 5467, Takoma Park, Md. 20913-0467. Phone:301-270-2563).

Song Lyrics

 

As I was snorkeling down in the cayes

I came upon 2 manatees

I looked at them and they looked right at me

As they chewed on their dinner of hydrilla weeds

One came over and said to me

I�ll tell you what life is like under the sea

My name is Hugh and I�ll show to you

Just what manatees do

 

Chorus:Hugh the manatee

Swimming around from caye to caye

Oh how I wish that I could be

Like Hugh the manatee

Hugh the manatee

Swimming around the West Indies

Oh how I wish that I could be

Like Hugh the manatee

 

Hugh said I like to come here and feed

Among the hyacinths and the seaweed

Rooting around in the seagrass beds

Flushing out fish so the herons get fed

I like salt water I also like fresh

I don�t mind it cool but warm is the best

When I get tired I take a deep breath

And go down on the bottom to rest

 

Chorus:Hugh the manatee

Swimming around from caye to caye

Oh how I wish that I could be

Like Hugh the manatee

Hugh the manatee

Swimming around the West Indies

Oh how I wish that I could be

Like Hugh the manatee

 

Instrumental Interlude

 

Repeat Chorus:Hugh the manatee

Swimming around from caye to caye

Oh how I wish that I could be

Like Hugh the manatee

Hugh the manatee

Swimming around the West Indies

Oh how I wish that I could be

Like Hugh the manatee

 

It isn�t as easy as you might think

�Cause me and my kind

We are almost extinct

A lot of the places we lived are now gone

Making it harder to carry on

Just look at these scars on my back they were made

By somebody�s powerboat propeller blade

With boats and pollution and trash in my way

It�s harder to live everyday

 

New Chorus:Hugh the manatee

It shouldn�t be so hard to be

He�s part of you and he�s part of me

We�re all humanity

Hugh the manatee

It shouldn�t be so hard to be

He�s part of you and he�s part of me

We�re all humanity

Return to

Sirenian International, Inc.

http://www.sirenian.org

 

Album:Circle of Life

Artist:Magpie http://www.magpiemusic.com/

NOTE to Teachers:See Music Education Resources Library at http://www.angelfire.com/nb2/musicedresources/ThemMus3.html

Circle of Life:Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner's excellent album of Earth songs for children of all ages, a favorite with kids as well as their parents. It features songs celebrating the animals, such as "The Buffalo Song", �Blue Crab Blues", "I Am a Dolphin", and "Hugh the Manatee", as well as songs about what we can do to help in the all-important healing process, such as "Shut Off the Water", and "It Really Isn't Garbage".To Order CD's and cassettes please contact:LONG TAIL RECORDS, P.O. Box 5467, Takoma Park, Md. 20913-0467. Phone:301-270-2563).