I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas-A Great Big World

[00:00.00]I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas [00:00.59]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [00:05.00]Only hippopotamus will do [00:08.00]I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy [00:12.58]I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy [00:16.48]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [00:19.55]I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you? [00:22.58]He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue [00:26.20]Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do [00:28.55]I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs [00:34.55]Oh, what a joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes [00:37.57]To see a hippo hero standing there [00:40.57]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [00:43.59]Only hippopotamus will do [00:46.59]No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses [00:49.59]I only like hippopotamuses [00:52.58]And hippopotamuses like me too! [01:13.59]Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then [01:16.59]Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian [01:19.56]I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs [01:25.25]Oh, what a joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes [01:28.55]To see a hippo hero standing there [01:31.55]I want a hippopotamus [01:33.50]I want a hippopotamus [01:34.50]I want it [01:35.40]I want it [01:36.30]I really really really want it [01:37.59]Hippopotamus [01:38.40]Hippopotamus [01:41.59]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [01:45.00]Only hippopotamus will do [01:48.01]I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy [01:50.59]I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy [01:54.00]La la la la... [02:00.00]No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses [02:03.50]I only like hippopotamuseses [02:06.09]And hippopotamuses like me too! [02:12.59]Christmas...!