I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

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I [G]want a hippopotamus for Christmas;
Only a hippopotamus will [D]do
[D7]Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I [A]want a hippopotamus to play with and en- [D]joy

I [G]want a hippopotamus for Christmas; I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do [D]you?
He [D7]won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just [A]bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to [D]do

I can [G7]see me now on [C]Christmas morning, [G7]creeping down the [C]stairs
Oh what [D7]joy and what surprise, when I [G]open up my eyes
to see a [A]hippo hero [D]standing [D7]there

I [G]want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will [D]do
[D7]No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses; [A7]I only like hippopota- [D7]muses
And [A7]hippopota- [D7]muses like me [G]too

[Ggd] [D7]Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
[A7]Teacher says a hippo is a vegeteri- [D7]an

[Ggd] [D7]There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
[A7]I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his [D7]massage

I can [G7]see me now on [C]Christmas morning, [G7]creeping down the [C]stairs
Oh what [D7]joy and what surprise, when I [G]open up my eyes
to see a [A]hippo hero [D]standing [D7]there

I [G]want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will [D]do
[D7]No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses; [A7]I only like hippopota- [D7]museses
And [A7]hippopota- [D7]muses like me [G]too.

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