I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Songtext
von Darren Criss

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
I 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, 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
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me, too
Yeah

Mom says the hippo would eat me up but then
Teacher says the hippo is a vegetarian

There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I′ll 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, what surprise
When I open up my eyes
And see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas (I want a hippopotamus for Christmas)
Only a hippopotamus will do (only a hippopotamus will do)
No crocoduzzles or rhi-na-na-nozeruses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses (and hippopotamuses)
Hippopotamuses like me, too
They do