i want a hippopotamus for christmas

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i want a hippopotamus for christmas, only a hippopotamus will do, i 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 a 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 rhinoceroses, i only like hippopotamuses, and hippopotamuses like me, too, mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then, my teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian, 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 a 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 rhinoceroses-es, i only like hippopotamuses-es, and hippopotamuses like me, too