Hippopotamus for Christmas chords by Gayla Peevey

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Verse 1
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I
want
a hippopotamus for Christmas
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Only a hippopot amus will do
Don't want a doll, no dinkey tinker toy
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I want a hippopotamus to
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play with and enjoy
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I want

Verse 2
a hippopotamus for Christmas
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I don't think Santa Claus will mind,
do you?
He won't have to use
a dirty chimney flue
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Just bring him through the front door
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That's the easy thing to do
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I can see me now on

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Verse 3

Christmas morning

Creeping down the stairs

Oh what joy and what surprise

When I open up my eyes

To see a hippo hero stand

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ing there

Verse 4
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I want a hippopot amus for Christmas
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Only a hippopotamus will do
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No crocodile, no rhinosauruses
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I only like hippopotamuses
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And hippopotamuses
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like me too
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Verse 5

Mom says a hippo,

would eat me up but then

Teacher says a hippo is

a vegetarian

Verse 6
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There's lots of room for him
in our two- car garage
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I'd feed him there and wash
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him there and give him his massage
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I can see

Verse 7
me now on
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Christmas morning
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Creeping down the stairs
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Oh what joy and what surprise
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When I open up my eyes
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To see a hippo hero standing      there
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I  want a hippopot amus

Verse 8
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for Christmas
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Only a hippopot amus will do
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No crocodile, or rhinosauruseses
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I only like hippopotamuses
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And hippopotamuses
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like me too