I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas钢琴简谱-Gayla Peevey演唱

《I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas》（我想要一只河马过圣诞节）是一首圣诞歌曲，由John Rox创作，Gayla Peevey于1953年演唱。该歌曲于1953年12月在《公告牌》（Billboard）杂志的流行榜上排名第24位。

另外，由于此曲深受大家的喜爱，所以被很多歌手翻唱，如Malcolm T Elliot于1975年录制并发行了一个版本，且在澳大利亚达到了第83位。乡村音乐歌手Gretchen Wilson于2009年末录制了翻唱版本，在2010年1月2日首次登上公告牌热门乡村歌曲排行榜第54位。

 

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas歌词：

 

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

Only a hippopotamus will do

I dont want a doll no dinky Tinkertoy

I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

I dont think Santa Claus will mind do you

He wont have to use our dirty chimney flue

Just bring him through the front door

Thats 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

Theres lots of room for him in our two car garage

Id feed him there and wash him there

And give him his massage

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 hippopotamuses

And hippopotamuses like me too