I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas — текст песни (John Rox)

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
I don`t want a doll, no dinkey 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 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 rhinosaurus
I only likes hippopotamuses [sic]
And hippopotamuses [sic] like me, too


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.