The Camel's hump is an ugly lump Which well you may see at the Zoo; But uglier yet is the hump we get From having too little to do. Kiddies and grown-ups too-oo-oo, If we haven't enough to do-oo-oo, We get the hump -- Cameelious hump -- The hump that is black and blue! We climb out of bed with a frouzly head And a snarly-yarly voice. We shiver and scowl and we grunt and we growl At our bath and our boots and our toys; And there ought to be a corner for me (And I know there is one for you) When we get the hump -- Cameelious hump -- The hump that is black and blue! The cure for this ill is not to sit still, Or frowst with a book by the fire; But to take a large hoe and a shovel also, And dig till you gently perspire; And then you will find that the sun and the wind, And the Djinn of the Garden too, Have lifted the hump -- The horrible hump -- The hump that is black and blue! I get it as well as you-oo-oo -- If I haven't enough to do-oo-oo -- We all get hump -- Cameelious hump -- Kiddies and grown-ups too!
Just So
Song Cycle by Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg (1909 - 2002)
?. The Camel's hump  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936), no title, appears in Just So Stories, first published 1902
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