I want a hippopotamus for christmas

I want a hippopotamus for christmas
only a hippopotamus will do
i don't want a doll, no dinkey tinker toys
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, 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 rhinosauruses
i only likes 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, 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 rhinosauruseses
i only likes hippopotamuseses
and hippopotamuses like me, too