[ti:I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas] [ar:The Three Stooges] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - The Three Stooges [00:04.50]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [00:08.59]A hippopotamus is all I want [00:12.50]I don't want a doll no dinky Tinkertoy [00:16.62]I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy [00:20.80]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [00:24.77]I don't think Santa Claus will mind do you [00:28.84]He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue [00:32.98]Just bring him through the front door [00:34.93]That's the easy thing to do [00:36.77]I can see me now on Christmas morning [00:41.28]Creeping down the stairs [00:44.98]Oh what joy and what surprise [00:47.05]When I open up my eyes [00:48.95]To see my hippo hero standing there [00:53.35]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [00:57.31]Only a hippopotamus will do [01:01.56]No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses [01:05.69]I only like hippopotamuseses [01:09.91]And hippopotamuses like me too [01:13.77]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [01:18.10]A hippopotamus is all I want [01:22.12]Mom says the hippo would eat me up [01:25.04]But then teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian [01:30.46]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [01:34.33]The kind I saw this summer at the zoo [01:38.84]There's lots of room for him in our car garage [01:42.74]I'd feed him there and wash him there [01:44.63]And give him his massage [01:46.71]I can see me now on Christmas morning [01:51.01]Creeping down the stairs [01:54.69]Oh what joy and what surprise [01:56.78]When I open up my eyes [01:58.75]To see my hippo hero standing there [02:03.41]I want a hippopotamus for Christmas [02:07.62]Only a hippopotamus will do [02:11.46]No crocodiles or rhinoceroseses [02:15.67]I only like hippopotamuses [02:20.00]And hippopotamuses like me too