Creative Endeavors

Song set to Hippo pics...written in 1953 by Jon Rox and Sung by Gayla Peevey. THIS IS NOT THE JONAS BROTHERS' BAD VERSION BUT THE ORIGINAL SINGER!!!! Go here for the story behind the song... http://homepage.mac.com/thetexansundial/hippopotamus/Personal151.html and for those trying to find the song... check out.... Dr. Demento Presents: Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Through Amazon.com and Ebay.com going on an suggestion from a viewer here are the lyrics... Words and Music by John Rox I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy 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 a hippo hero standing there I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses I only like hippopotamuses And hippopotamuses like me too Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian. (Short Music Interlude) 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 Oh what joy and what surprise when I open up my eyes to 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!

Posted by artbylen on July 7, 2008 at 8:35 PM

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