I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Words and music by John Rox
performed by Gayla Peevey (1953)
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I can see me now on Christmas morning,
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I can see me now on Christmas morning,
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 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
creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
when I open up my eyes
to see a hippo hero standing there
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage
creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
when I open up my eyes
to see a hippo hero standing there
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too!
The delightful 3D rendering of a Hippo is by:
Jeremy Birn at www.3dRender.com. Thank you, Jeremy.