Ollie The Otter

(album: Songs From Alphabet Zoo - 1983)

My name is Ollie the Otter
I'm as happy as can be
I like to run and I like to swim
And I like to... hup!
Excuse me

With a hic and a cup
And a hic hiccup
And a hic and a hup
Excuse me
My name is Ollie
And I'm an otter
And I've got... hup!
Excuse me

Perhaps it was my breakfast
Perhaps it was my tea
Whatever it was it's a bit of a drag
When you gotta go... hup!
Excuse me

With a hic and a cup
And a hic hiccup
And a hic and a hup
Excuse me
My name is Ollie
And I'm an otter
And I've got... hup!
Excuse me

'Cuckoo who do think you are, making this noise?'
Said a cuckoo up a tree
'My name is Ollie and I'm an otter
And I've got... hup!
Excuse me

With my hic and a hup
And a hic hiccup
And a hic and a hup
Excuse me
My name is Ollie
And I'm an otter
And I've got... hup!
Excuse me

'Help, help' said Fergus the Frog
'Ollie now can't you see?
Oh Ollie I need rescuing
The current's too strong for me
The current's too strong for me

So Ollie dived in the river
Put Fergus on his back
And he didn't notice that his hiccups had stopped
Till he got to the river bank
Till he got to the river bank

Not a hic not a hup
Not a hic hiccup
Not a hic not a hup
Excuse me
Fergus made Ollie forget to hic
And Ollie said, 'Thanks! You've cured me
And Ollie said, 'Thanks! You've cured me