1. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

2. I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

3. Only a hippopotamus will do I don’t want a doll, no dinkey tinker toys

4. I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy.

5. I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. I don’t think Santa Claus will mind, do you?

6. He won’t have to use a dirty chimney flue,

7. Just bring him through the front door that’s the easy thing to do!

8. I can see me now on Christmas morning Creeping down the stairs

9. Oh what joy, and what surprise,
When I open
up my eyes

10. To see a hippo hero standing there

11. I want a hippopotamus for Christmas, Only a hippopotamus will do!

12. No crocodiles, No rhinoceroses,

13. I only like hippopotamuses! And hippopotamuses like me too!

14. Mom says a hippo would eat me up, but then

15. Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

16. There’s lots of room for him in our two car garage,

17. I’d feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage.

18. I can see me now on Christmas morning Creeping down the stairs

19. Oh what joy, and what surprise,
When I open
up my eyes

20. To see a hippo hero standing there

21. I want a hippopotamus for Christmas, Only a hippopotamus will do!

22. No crocodiles, No rhinoceroses,

23. I only like hippopotamuses! And hippopotamuses like me too!