[00:11.75]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:16.71]Only a hippopotamus will do
[00:22.11]Don't want a doll
[00:23.44]No dinky tinker toy
[00:24.79]I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
[00:27.10]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:32.21]I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you
[00:37.18]He won't have to use
[00:38.72]A dirty chimney flue
[00:40.25]Just bring him through the front door
[00:41.62]That's the easy thing to do
[00:42.64]I can see me now on Christmas morning
[00:47.95]Creeping down the stairs
[00:52.57]Oh what a joy and a surprise
[00:55.25]When I open up my eyes
[00:57.78]To see a hippo hero standing there
[01:03.08]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[01:09.00]Only a hippopotamus will do
[01:14.20]No crocodiles
[01:15.49]Or rhinoceroses
[01:16.78]I only like hippopotamuses
[01:19.41]And hippopotamuses like me too
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[01:35.10]Mom says a hippo would eat me up, but then
[01:37.23]Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
[01:40.20]Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
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[01:50.51]There's lots of room for him
[01:51.86]In our two car garage
[01:53.07]I'd feed him and then wash him
[01:55.10]And then give him his massage
[01:56.28]I can see me now on Christmas morning
[02:01.73]Creeping down the stairs
[02:06.40]What a joy and a surprise
[02:09.06]When I open up my eyes
[02:11.58]To see a hippo hero standing there
[02:16.73]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[02:22.19]Only a hippopotamus will do
[02:24.29]No crocodiles or rhinoceroses
[02:30.29]I only like hippopotamuses
[02:32.79]And hippopotamuses like me too
[02:41.05]
[02:45.58]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[02:50.71]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[02:55.04]Wan’ a hip- hip- hip- hippopotamus
[02:57.81]Hip- hip- hip- hippopotamus
[03:05.11]Hip- hip- hip- hippopotamus
[03:07.45]Hip- hip- hip- hippopotamus
[03:09.83]Hip- hip- hip- hippopotamus
[03:12.20]Hip- hip- hip- hippopotamus
[03:14.62]Hip- hip- hip- hippopotamus
[03:19.44]Mommy, I want a hippo!
[03:20.57]NO~
[03:22.16]No…don’t want a rhinoceros, I want a hippo!
[03:26.71]NO~
[03:28.97]I don’t want a Bangal tiger, I told you, I want a hippo!!
[03:32.93]NO~
[03:34.71]A house in Malibu with a porch, and a hippopotamus!!!
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