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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

By John Rox

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas,
Only a hippopotamus will do.
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy,
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 a hippo hero standing there!

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas,
Only a hippopotamus will do.
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses,
I only like hippopotamuseses,
And hippopotamuses like me too!

Mom says the 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 rhinoceroseses,
I only like hippopotamuses,
And hippopotamuses like me too!

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