MY HAT
(for Anisha, two years old)

My name is Zudumanguru,
I live in Freudenstadt;
Somadhi Uru Vangulu
Is what I call my hat,

My hat, my hat,
Somadhi Uru Vangulu
Is what I call my hat.

Why don’t you call it Sister George,
Sennacherib or Matt?
Too many things composed of straw
Have silly names like that;

My hat, my hat,
Somadhi Uru Vangulu
Is what I call my hat.

Would Father take his peepers off
Before King Jesophat?
I always do. Before the queen
I take off more than that,

My hat, my hat,
Somadhi Uru Vangulu
Is what I call my hat.