I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS

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Song Title
I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS
Writers
Rox
Publisher
CROMWELL MUSIC LTD
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
UK AND EIRE
Themes/Keywords
Animals, Children, Christmas, Dolls, Funny, Hippo, Kids, Santa, Toys
Lyrics
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas,
A hippopotamus is all I want.
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 my hippo hero standing there.
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas,
Only a hippopotamus will do.
No crocodiles or rhinoceroses,
I only like hippopotamuses and hippopotamuses like me too.

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas,
A hippopotamus is all I want.
Mom (Pop) says a hippo would eat me up,
But then Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian.
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas,
The kind I saw last summer in the zoo.
We got a car with room for two 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 kangaroos or duckbill platypuses,
I only like hippopotamuses and hippopotamuses like me too.

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