Austin L Chester

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
          	A 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
          	
          	(Swing it)
          	
          	Mom says a 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 rhinoceroses-es
          	I only like hippopotamuses-es
          	And hippopotamuses like me too