Hubert Horatio Humphrey Was a vice-president Who served under Lyndon Johnson and Was mayor of Minneapolis Minneapolis Minneapolis polis polis polis polis polis He was born in South Dakota Then he moved to Minnesota Where he taught at the U and Macalester too But he never finished his Ph.D. And he tried to john the army But instead served in an administrative capacity And finally in 1943 He ran for mayor of Minneapolis Minneapolis Minneapolis polis polis polis polis polis But he lost and ran again And won in 1945 On a campaign of anti-communism He fought real hard to end racism Because apparently back then Minneapolis was The U.S. capital of anti-semitism (we didn't like Jews) (but now we do) Thank you Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. You didn't stop at Minneapolis No, you went on the to U.S. Congress Where they called you the Happy Warrior Throughout your congressional tenure Because you smiled and you laughed As you helped pass the Civil Rights Act You gave us food stamps, and the Peace Corps What more could we ask for? From Hubert Horatio Humphrey Was a vice-president Who served under Lyndon Johnson and Was mayor of Minneapolis Minneapolis Minneapolis polis polis polis polis polis And finally he was elected Into the executive Branch of the U.S. government He because the vice-president Of the United States of America The end The end Or is it the end? Hey Hugh we believed in you! (Dump the hump, dump the hump!) But my friends what was I supposed to do? (Dump the hump, dump the hump!) Hey Hugh we believed in you! (Dump the hump, dump the hump!) But my friends what was I supposed to do? (Dump the hump, dump the hump!) Lyndon had me under his thumb Tantamount to holding a gun Up against my presidential chances Don't you want me to help you? (YES!) Well I'm trying to do my best (We believed in you!) You were supposed to fight For our civil rights Instead you defend putting guns Into the hands of our nation's mothers' sons Hey Hugh we believed in you! (Dump the hump, dump the hump!) But my friends what was I supposed to do? Supposed to do Hey look there's Hugh! (Yeah he's on TV) I wonder what he's gonna do? Hello friends I'm here to tell you I don't believe in this god damn war anymore And well friends I'd like to share with you that I still believe what we used to be fightin' for And even though he was defeated In the presidential election of 1968 He returned to the senate Kept on keeping on Kept on being great And when he died in Minnesota Thousands came to see him as he lay in state Remembering him for his actions Progressive ideas and the wise things he'd say The things he'd say "It was once said that the moral test of government was how that government treated those in the dawn of life the children those in the twilight the elderly and those in the shadows the sick, the needy, and the handicapped." Hubert Horatio Humphrey Was a vice-president Who served under Lyndon Johnson and Was mayor of Minneapolis