I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas – English Lyrics

• By: A Great Big World

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

♪ I want a hippopotamus for Christmas ♪

♪ Only a hippopotamus will do ♪

♪ I don't want a doll, no dinky dink or 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 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 a 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 ♪

♪ Mom says a 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 a joy and what surprise ♪

♪ When I open up my eyes ♪

♪ To see a hippo hero standing there ♪

♪ I want a hippopotamus ♪

♪ I want a hippopotamus ♪

♪ I want it, I want it ♪

♪ I really, really, really want a hippopotamus ♪

♪ Hippopotamus ♪

♪ I want a hippopotamus for Christmas ♪

♪ Only a hippopotamus will do ♪

♪ I don't want a doll or dinky dink or toy ♪

♪ I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy ♪

♪ La la la la la la la la la la la ♪

♪ La la la la la la la la la la ♪

♪ No crocodiles or rhinoceroses ♪

♪ I only like hippopotamuses ♪

♪ And hippopotamuses like me too ♪

♪ Christmas ♪