I Want A Hippo For Christmas(Kids Christmas Party) - Dennis Scott

作曲：John Rox

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 Claus

will mind do you

He won't have to use

A 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 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 a 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 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 a 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

I want a hippopotamus

I want a hippopotamus