[00:08.000]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:13.000]Only a hippopotamus will do
[00:17.490]I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
[00:21.490]I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
[00:25.490]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:29.490]I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
[00:33.490]He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
[00:38.490]Just bring him through the front door
[00:40.490]That's the easy thing to do
[00:42.490]I can see me now on Christmas morning
[00:47.490]Creeping down the stairs
[00:51.490]Oh, what joy and what surprise
[00:52.490]When I open up my eyes
[00:54.490]To see my hippo hero standing there
[00:58.490]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[01:03.000]Only a hippopotamus will do
[01:07.000]No crocodiles, or rhinoceroses
[01:10.490]I only like hippopotamuses
[01:16.490]And hippopotamuses like me too
[01:27.490]Mom says the hippo would eat me up
[01:29.490]But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
[01:43.490]there's lots of room for him in our two car garage
[01:48.490]I'd feed him there and wash him there
[01:51.490]And give him his massage
[01:54.490]I can see me now on Christmas morning
[01:56.490]Creeping down the stairs
[02:00.490]Oh, what joy and what surprise
[02:02.490]When I open up my eyes
[02:04.490]To see my hippo hero standing there
[02:08.490]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[02:13.000]Only a hippopotamus will do
[02:17.490]No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
[02:21.490]I only like hippopotamuses
[02:26.490]And hippopotamuses like me too