[00:00.000] 作曲 : John Rox
[00:01.000] 作词 : John Rox
[00:08.16]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:12.79]Only a hippopotamus will do
[00:17.00]Don't want a dog
[00:19.15]No inky dinker Toy
[00:21.14]I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
[00:25.16]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[00:29.62]I don't think Santa Claus will mind  do you
[00:33.81]He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
[00:38.10]Just bring him through the front door
[00:39.81]That's the easy thing to do
[00:42.13]I can see me now on Christmas morning
[00:46.79]Creeping down the stairs
[00:50.56]Oh what joy and what surprise
[00:52.76]When I open up my eyes
[00:54.62]To see a hippo hero standing there
[00:59.28]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[01:03.46]Only a hippopotamus will do
[01:07.67]No crocodiles  no rhinoceroses
[01:11.98]I only like hippopotamuses
[01:16.20]And hippopotamuses like me too
[01:28.89]Mom says the hippo would eat me up
[01:31.89]But then
[01:32.96]Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian
[01:45.55]There's lots of room for
[01:46.58]Him in our two-car garage
[01:49.66]I'd feed him there and wash him there
[01:51.66]And give him his massage
[01:53.53]I can see me now on Christmas morning
[01:58.37]Creeping down the stairs
[02:02.05]Oh what joy and what surprise
[02:04.05]When I open up my eyes
[02:05.99]To see a hippo hero standing there
[02:10.61]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
[02:15.02]Only a hippopotamus will do
[02:19.34]No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses
[02:23.47]I only like hippopotamuseses
[02:27.74]And hippopotamuses like me too