I wan ta hippopotamus for Christmas

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only hippopotamus will do
I dont want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I dont think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He wont have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door, thats the easy thing to do
I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
Oh, what a joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only 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 vegetarian
I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
Oh, what a joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus
I want a hippopotamus
I want it
I want it
I really really really want it
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only hippopotamus will do
I dont want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
La la la la...
No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too!
Christmas...!