I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas: Grade 2/3 Dillon, Bedford South School, 2021

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas performed by Grade 2/3 Dillon
Bedford South School, Bedford Nova Scotia, 2021
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas, written 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!
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.
Gonna be my very best new friend!
Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian.
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.
I’ll need to hide him with some camouflage!
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 rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too!