I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas Lyrics

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
A hippopotamus is all I want
Don't want a doll, no d***y 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 says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
The kind I saw last summer in the zoo
We've got room for him in our garage
We'll 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 kangaroo or duck-billed platypusses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too!