I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
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I want a hippopotamusforChristmas
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Only a hippopotamus will do I dont want a doll,
no dinkey tinker toys
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I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy.
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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.I dont
think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
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He wont have to use a dirty chimney flue,
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Just bring him through the front door thats the
easy thing to do!
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I can see me now on Christmas morningCreeping
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,
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• I only like hippopotamuses!And hippopotamuses
  like me too!

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Mom says a hippo would eat me up, but then
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Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian
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Theres lots of room for him in our two car
garage,
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Id feed him there and wash him there and give
him his massage.
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I can see me now on Christmas morningCreeping
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,
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• I only like hippopotamuses!And hippopotamuses
  like me too!