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“I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas”
“I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” cover
Promotional single by LeAnn Rimes
from the album One Christmas: Chapter 1
Released September 30, 2014
Format Digital download
Genre Country
Length 4:16
Label Iconic Entertainment Group
Writer(s) John Rox
Producer Darrell Brown
LeAnn Rimes

"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" is a promotional single for the extended play, One Christmas: Chapter 1. It was released by Iconic Entertainment Group on September 30, 2014 via digital download. It is a cover of the song by Gayla Peevey. It was written by John Rox and is considered a novelty song. Rimes' rendition peaked at number twenty-five on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[1]

Lyrics[]

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoys
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 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 rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too

Mom says the hippo would eat me up
But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
La-la, la, la, la

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
What joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
And see a hippo hero standing there

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too, yeah

Want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I want a hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus

A little louder now!
Come on!

Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus!
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus!
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus
Hip-hip-hip-hippopotamus!

Mommy I want a hippo
[Wa-wahs like the adults in Charlie Brown]
No, I don't want a rhinoceros, I want a hippo
[Wa-wahs like the adults in Charlie Brown]
I don't want a baby tiger
[Wa-wahs like the adults in Charlie Brown]
I told you I want a hippo
[Wa-wahs like the adults in Charlie Brown]
A house in Malibu with a Porsche, and a hippopotamus

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Whoo!
Whoo!
Whoo!
Whoo...

Whoo!
Whoo!
Whoo!
Whoo...
[Music fades out]

Track listing[]

Digital download[2]
  1. "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" - 4:16

Charts[]

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[1] 25

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