Gayla Peevey - I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas lyrics

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas <br />Only a hippopotamus will do <br />Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy <br />I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy <br /> <br />I want a hippopotamus for Christmas <br />I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you? <br />He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue <br />Just bring him through the front door, <br />that's the easy thing to do <br /> <br />I can see me now on Christmas morning, <br />creeping down the stairs <br />Oh what joy and what surprise <br />when I open up my eyes <br />to see a hippo hero standing there <br /> <br />I want a hippopotamus for Christmas <br />Only a hippopotamus will do <br />No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses <br />I only like hippopotamuses <br />And hippopotamuses like me too <br /> <br />Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then <br />Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian <br /> <br />There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage <br />I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage <br /> <br />I can see me now on Christmas morning, <br />creeping down the stairs <br />Oh what joy and what surprise <br />when I open up my eyes <br />to see a hippo hero standing there <br /> <br />I want a hippopotamus for Christmas <br />Only a hippopotamus will do <br />No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses <br />I only like hippopotamuseses <br />And hippopotamuses like me too!<br /><br />