I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
 Only a hippopotamus will do
 Don't want a doll
 No dinky Tinkertoy
 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 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 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!