Natal

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

Natal


I want a hippopotamus for Christmas 
Only a hippopotamus will do 
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy 
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 our 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 and 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 rhinoceroses 
I only like hippopotamuses 
And hippopotamuses like me too 

Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then 
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian 

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 
I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs 
Oh what joy and 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 or rhinoceroseses 
I only like hippopotamuseses 
And hippopotamuses like me too!