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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
A Great Big World
Performer
Ian Axel
Piano
Chad Vaccarino
Vocals
Oscar Rodriguez
Background Vocals
Dave Scalia
Drums
Chris Kuffner
Bass
Bess Rogers
Background Vocals
Lelia Broussard
Background Vocals
Hannah Winkler
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Rox
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Chris Kuffner
Producer
Ted Tuthill
Recording Engineer
Grant Valentine
Assistant Engineer
Ken Rich
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
I 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 a 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
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh, what a joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there
I want a hippopotamus (I want a hippopotamus)
I want it (I want it), I really, really, really want
A hippopotamus (hippopotamus)
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too
Christmas
Writer(s): John Rox
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