I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas.Gayla Peevey.

Seq - Ron Tilden. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Dec 2001.

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
Words and Music by: John Rox
Performed by: Gayla Peevey (1953)
Sequenced by: Ron Tilden

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.

[Instrumental]

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

[Instrumental]

There's lots of room for him in our twocar 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!

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
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