I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do

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Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy; 

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I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; 

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I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?

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He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue

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Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do

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I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs

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Oh what joy and what surprise, when I open up my eyes

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to see a hippo hero standing there

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do

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No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses; I only like hippopotamuses

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And hippopotamuses like me too

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do

D7                                       

Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy; 

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I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; 

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I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?

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He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue

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Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do

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I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs

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Oh what joy and what surprise, when I open up my eyes

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to see a hippo hero standing there

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do

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No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses; I only like hippopotamuses

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And hippopotamuses like me too