I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
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 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 rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too
Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian
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 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 or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too!
-- John Rox
3 comments:
i love hippos! i have a lil stuffed one on my key to my mailbox. my favorite two year old asks to hold my "ippokey" every time she comes to visit... my favorite game is to trick her into trying to say hippopotamus! ...all of that to say, i cannot believe you are ready to think about Christmas already!
Ewww! Hippos fling...poo. They do it with their tails. Sure, they're cute and all, but are yo usure you want that cleaning bill?
Hmmm...the cleaning bill could be outrageous but just think of how cool it would be to say, "I have a hippo!"
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