Songs for Our Time (Philological Waltz / Satellite Moon / A Happy Song)

Here, in our beautiful hit parade, is the song we've built, right

Oh, it's hard to say "Hoolima kittiluca cheecheechee"

But in Tonga that means "No"

If I ever have the money it's to Tonga I shall go

For each lovely Tongan maiden there will gladly make a date

And by the time she's said "Hoolima kittiluca cheecheechee" it is usually too late!

No, I don't think so really, do you?

Now it's probably very much easier if you want to write a hit

Just to stick to the old moon in June

We tried that too, we tried our own variation on that highly unoriginal theme, like this

It's a satellite moon

It's a plagiarised tune

That duck on the lake's a decoy

There's a sodium glare

In the purified air

And the girl in my arms

Is Mabel Figworthy, and if she says "oh really?!" once more, I shall break her neck!

We feel that in this, in this, in this... time

What the world really needs most of all is, is not spite, not a lot of spite

But another simple, happy chorus song

Why not, something in which all can join for a change

Something which expresses the feelings of all the ordinary people all over the world

I think we found such a song

And it's called, it's called "Hhhwipppp eeeur"

This is a chorus song, please join in

Very interesting actually, we originally thought of calling this song "Hhhwipppp blblblbl"

We though this a rather stupid um, song we feel very much for our time

Oh you're feeling kind of blue (kind of blue)

And you don't know what to do (what to do)

When you've got a lot of troubles on your mind

If you face them with a smile

It will make your life worthwhile

And you'll find that every cloud is silver lined

Sing this happy song with me

Hhhwipppp eeeur

Just a simple melody

Hhwippp euaaayy

What, though skies above are gray

You can face the world today

If you'll only learn to say

Hwipppp eeeeur (all together)

When your life is filled with care