All i want for christmas is a hippopotamus lyrics

All i want for christmas is a hippopotamus lyrics

If you’ve been looking for I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas lyrics, especially if you’d like to print them out, then you’re on the right page!

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” is a 1953 Christmas song written John Rox. It was performed by Gayla Peevey (10 years old at the time) gaining large popularity at once.

The song led to a fund drive across the state of Oklahoma so that a hippopotamus would be bought for the state Zoo.

On this page you’ll find the lyrics of the song and a printable PDF file with lyrics for free download. You can also watch a sing-along video with lyrics. Enjoy!

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  • Printable I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Lyrics PDF
  • I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Lyrics
  • Sing-Along Video with Lyrics

Click on the button to download a PDF file with lyrics to this song for free.

All i want for christmas is a hippopotamus lyrics

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
To see my 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

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
A hippopotamus is all I want
Mom says the hippo would eat me up
But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
The kind I saw this summer at the zoo
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 my hippo hero standing there

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

Sing-Along Video with Lyrics

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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 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

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

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
a hippopotamus is all I want
Mom says the hippo would eat me up

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
The kind I saw this summer at the zoo
there's lots of room for him in our two car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there

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

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

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FAQs for I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Is there a Christmas song about a hippopotamus?

"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" is a Christmas novelty song written by John Rox (1902–1957) and performed by Gayla Peevey (10 years old at the time) in 1953. The song peaked at number 24 on Billboard magazine's pop chart in December 1953.

What is the story behind I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas?

In 1953, a 10-year-old Gayla Peevey declared that she wanted a hippopotamus for Christmas. She wailed her proclamation in a song, singing that she “don't want a doll, no dinky tinkertoy. I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy.”

Did Gayla Peevey get a hippo?

The fund raised $3,000 (equivalent to US$30,384 in 2021), and a baby hippopotamus named Matilda was purchased and given to Peevey, which she then donated to the zoo in 1953.

Did the girl get a hippo for Christmas?

And amazingly enough, after "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas" became the biggest hit song of that holiday season, she actually got one, a 700-pound baby named Matilda. She promptly donated it to the Oklahoma City Zoo, where it lived to be nearly 50, a ripe old age for hippos. As for Peevey's song, it may never die.