Текст песни I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Plumb

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
I don′t want a doll
No dinky tinker-toys
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 through
They'll bring him in the front door, it's the easy thing to do

I can see me now
On Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes to see a hippo here
Oh, standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodile or rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me, too

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

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

I can see me now
On Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh joy, and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
And 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

Yeah, hippopotamuses like me too