Only a Hippopotamus will do
Don't wanna 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
A dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door
That's the easiest thing to do
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh, 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 a Hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like Hippopotamuses
And Hippopotamuses like me too
Mom says a Hippo will 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
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh, 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 a Hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses
I only like Hippopotamuseses
And Hippopotamuses like me too
I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Only a Hippopotamus will do Don't wanna 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 A dirty chimney flue Just bring him through the front door That's the easiest thing to do I can see me now on Christmas morning Creeping down the stairs Oh, 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 a Hippopotamus will do No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses I only like Hippopotamuses And Hippopotamuses like me too Mom says a Hippo will 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 I can see me now on Christmas morning Creeping down the stairs Oh, 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 a Hippopotamus will do No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses I only like Hippopotamuseses And Hippopotamuses like me too Explain Request ×
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