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I want a hippopotamus for christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
I don't want a doll, no dinky tinkertoy
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 my 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
A hippopotamus is all i want
Mom says the hippo would eat me up
But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

I want a hippopotamus for christmas
The kind i saw this summer at the zoo
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 my hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too