I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

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Song set to Hippo pics...written in 1953 by Jon Rox and Sung by Gayla Peevey.
THIS IS NOT THE JONAS BROTHERS' BAD VERSION BUT THE ORIGINAL SINGER!!!!
Go here for the story behind the song... http://homepage.mac.com/thetexansundial/hippopotamus/Personal151.html

and for those trying to find the song... check out.... Dr. Demento Presents: Greatest Christmas Novelty CD
Through Amazon.com and Ebay.com

going on an suggestion from a viewer here are the lyrics...

Words and Music by John Rox
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
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
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

Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian.
(Short Music Interlude)
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 what 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 rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too!

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