THERE'S AN ELEPHANT IN MY BEDROOM
(Tony Hiller / Ralph Murphy)


Bernie Winters - 1967



There's an elephant in my bedroom
And I keep him under my bed
He says he's nice and comfy
But he always bumps his head

He wakes up nice and early
And he jumps into my bed
He pulls the covers off me
And pulls me out of bed

I knew he was excited
We were going to the zoo
And then we woke up Mummy
'Cause she was coming too

We all walked to the bus stop
And waited for the bus
But when the driver saw us
He wouldn't stop for us

We were so very angry
And my elephant stamped his feet
And with his trunk he caught the bus
And pulled it back to us

We got there in a hurry
We had no time to spare
We said, "Hello, dear Hippo"
And spoke to Mr. Bear

They wanted to come with us
Dear Mummy, please agree
I'm glad that Mummy said we could
So I took them home for tea

There's crocodiles in the bathroom
And there's monkeys in the hall
The house is full of lizards
You ought to see them crawl

There's an elephant in my bedroom
And it's very crowded there
But we are so very happy
That we don't really care



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2017)