I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS
(Words & music : John Rox)
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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 want a hippopotamus for christmas
I don't think Santa Clause will mind, do you?
he won't have to use
our dirty chimney flue
just bring him through the front door
thats 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 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 the hippo would 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 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 a hippo hero standing there

repeat the fourth verse.