I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

[00:08.49] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:12.63] Only a hippopotamus will do
[00:16.89] I don't want a doll, no dinky tinker toy
[00:21.26] I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
[00:25.04] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:29.48] I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
[00:33.78] He won't have to use a dirty chimney flue
[00:38.16] Just bring it through the front door, that's the easy thing to do
[00:42.17] I can see him now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
[00:50.27] Oh, what joy and what surprise
[00:52.76] When I open up my eyes
[00:54.67] To see a hippo hero standing there
[00:59.23] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[01:03.60] Only a hippopotamus will do
[01:07.64] No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
[01:11.86] I only like hippopotamuses
[01:16.25] And hippopotamuses like me too
[01:28.39] Mom says a hippo would eat me up, but then
[01:33.04] Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
[01:45.23] There's lots of room for him
[01:48.05] In our two-car garage
[01:50.21] I feed him there and wash him there
[01:52.59] And give him a massage
[01:55.08] I can see him now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
[02:02.73] Oh, what joy and what surprise
[02:04.94] When I open up my eyes
[02:06.82] To see a hippo hero standing there
[02:11.32] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[02:15.79] Only a hippopotamus will do
[02:19.71] No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
[02:24.33] I only like hippopotamuses
[02:28.57] And hippopotamuses like me too
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