A Great Big World - I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas lyrics

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 and what surprise When I open up my eyes And see my 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 Mom says the hippo would eat me up, But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian! I can see me now on Christmas morning Creeping down the stairs Oh, what joy and what surprise When I open up my eyes To see my hippo hero standing there I want a hippopotamus I want a hippopotamus I want it, I want it!! 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 No crocodiles, or rhinoceroses I only like hippopotamuses And hippopotamuses like me too Christmas!!