I Want A Hippopotamus Lyrics

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