Lyrics - I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas by John Rox

I want a hippopotamus for
Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
I don't want a doll, no dinkey tinker toys
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
I want a hippopotamus for
Christmas
I don't think
Santa
Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use a dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door
That's the easy thing to do
I can see me now on
Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy, what surprise
When
I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus for
Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinosaurus
I only likes hippopotamuses [sic]
And hippopotamuses [sic] like me, too
Mom says a hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage.

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