I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas (Hippo The Hero)

[00:01.41] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:05.86] Only a hippopotamus will do
[00:09.76] I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
[00:13.65] I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
[00:17.41] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:21.27] I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
[00:25.22] He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
[00:29.09] Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do
[00:32.73] I can see me now on Christmas morning
[00:37.22] Creeping down the stairs
[00:40.57] Oh, what joy, what surprise
[00:42.79] When I open up my eyes
[00:44.30] To see a hippo hero standing there
[00:48.61] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:52.52] Only a hippopotamus will do
[00:56.72] No crocodiles or rhinoceroses
[01:00.60] I only like hippopotamuses
[01:04.40] And hippopotamuses like me, too
[01:07.96] Yeah
[01:10.17]
[01:16.06] Mom says the hippo would eat me up but then
[01:20.14] Teacher says the hippo is a vegetarian
[01:25.58]
[01:31.61] There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
[01:35.57] I'll feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage
[01:39.21] I can see me now on Christmas morning
[01:43.42] Creeping down the stairs
[01:46.84] Oh, what joy, what surprise
[01:49.04] When I open up my eyes
[01:50.61] And see a hippo hero standing there
[01:56.25] I want a hippopotamus for Christmas (I want a hippopotamus for Christmas)
[02:00.88] Only a hippopotamus will do (only a hippopotamus will do)
[02:05.03] No crocoduzzles or rhi-na-na-nozeruses
[02:08.97] I only like hippopotamuses
[02:12.55] And hippopotamuses (and hippopotamuses)
[02:16.69] Hippopotamuses like me, too
[02:21.72] They do
[02:22.14]