Leann Rimes I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
Don't want a doll
No dinky tinker toys
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

[Verse 2]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3]
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles
No rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too

[Refrain]
Mom says a hippo would eat me up but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
(Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way)
(La-la-la-la-la)
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

[Chorus]
I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh, what joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes And see a hippo hero standing there

[Verse 4]
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles
Or rhinoceroses-es
I only like hippopotamuses-es
And hippopotamuses like me too, yeah

[Outro: Spoken]
(I want a hippopotamus for Christmas)
(I want a hippopotamus for Christmas) Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
I want a hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus (I want a hippopotamus for Christmas)
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
(I want a hippopotamus for Christmas) A little louder now! Come on!
(Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus) Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
Mommy, I want a hippo
No, I don't want a rhinoceros, I want a hippo
I don't want a baby tiger
I told you I want a hippo
A house in Malibu with a Porsche and a hippopotamus
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Hippopotamus) Ooo
(Hippopotamus) Ooo
Ooo (Hippopotamus)
Ooooooo
(Hippopotamus) Ooo
(Hippopotamus) Ooo
(Hippopotamus) Ooo
Ooo (Hippopotamus)
Ooooooo