I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

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