I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas   Only a Hippopotamus will do   Don’t wanna 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   A dirty chimney flue   Just bring him through the front door   That’s the easiest thing to do   I can see me now on Christmas morning   Creeping down the stairs   Oh, 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 rhinoceroses   I only like Hippopotamuses   And Hippopotamuses like me too   Mom says a Hippo will eat me up, but then   Teacher says a Hippo is a vegetarian   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, 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, or rhinoceroseses   I only like Hippopotamuseses   And Hippopotamuses like me too