🎶 I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

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

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

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

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

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

[Db] [Db] [Cb]
[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 [A#] Christmas morning, [G7] creeping down the [A#] stairs
Oh what [D7] joy and what surprise, when I [Db] open up my eyes
to see a [Bbm] hippo hero [Cb] standing [D7] there

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