I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas钢琴简谱-Gayla Peevey演唱
2023-02-162
《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 don't want a doll no dinky Tinkertoy
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
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 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