I Want A Hippoptamus For Christmas

Song I Want A Hippoptamus For Christmas
Artist Eddie Fisher & Perry Como
Album Winter Wonderland CD1

Lyrics

[00:08.000] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:13.000] Only a hippopotamus will do
[00:17.490] I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
[00:21.490] I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
[00:25.490] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:29.490] I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
[00:33.490] He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
[00:38.490] Just bring him through the front door
[00:40.490] That's the easy thing to do
[00:42.490] I can see me now on Christmas morning
[00:47.490] Creeping down the stairs
[00:51.490] Oh, what joy and what surprise
[00:52.490] When I open up my eyes
[00:54.490] To see my hippo hero standing there
[00:58.490] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[01:03.000] Only a hippopotamus will do
[01:07.000] No crocodiles, or rhinoceroses
[01:10.490] I only like hippopotamuses
[01:16.490] And hippopotamuses like me too
[01:27.490] Mom says the hippo would eat me up
[01:29.490] But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
[01:43.490] there's lots of room for him in our two car garage
[01:48.490] I'd feed him there and wash him there
[01:51.490] And give him his massage
[01:54.490] I can see me now on Christmas morning
[01:56.490] Creeping down the stairs
[02:00.490] Oh, what joy and what surprise
[02:02.490] When I open up my eyes
[02:04.490] To see my hippo hero standing there
[02:08.490] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[02:13.000] Only a hippopotamus will do
[02:17.490] No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
[02:21.490] I only like hippopotamuses
[02:26.490] And hippopotamuses like me too