What was on your Christmas wish list ?
Did you get it . . . . ?
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 + 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 + 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 .
