[00:01.35]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:05.69]Only a hippopotamus will do
[00:09.68]Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
[00:13.43]I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
[00:16.98]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:20.43]I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
[00:23.33]He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
[00:26.37]Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do
[00:28.98]I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
[00:35.13]Oh what joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes
[00:37.84]To see a hippo hero standing there
[00:40.98]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:44.28]Only a hippopotamus will do
[00:47.38]No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
[00:50.35]I only like hippopotamuses
[00:53.25]And hippopotamuses like me too
[01:14.20]Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
[01:17.09]Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian
[01:19.79]I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
[01:25.63]Oh what joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes
[01:28.70]To see a hippo hero standing there
[01:32.03]I want a hippopotamus
[01:33.48]I want a hippopotamus
[01:34.88]I want it
[01:35.73]I want it
[01:36.47]I really really really want a hippopotamus
[01:42.23]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[01:45.53]Only a hippopotamus will do
[01:48.49]Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
[01:51.35]I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
[02:00.45]No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses
[02:03.88]I only like hippopotamuseses
[02:06.87]And hippopotamuses like me too
[02:12.80]Christmas