i want a hippopotamus for christmas only a hippopotamus will do don t want a doll no donkey tinker toy i want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy i want a hippopotamus for christmas i don t think santa clause will mind do you he won t have to use a dirty chimney fleu 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 a 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 a 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 i only like hippopotamuses and hippopotamuses like me too