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keltic63
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 Posted: 12/09/03 - 13:57 Post subject: another crazy Christmas tune
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I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas
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"I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
I don't want a doll, no dinkey tinker toys
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 a 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, 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 rhinosaurus
I only likes hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me, too
Mom says a 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."
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keltic63
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Posted: 12/09/03 - 14:49 Post subject:
so it's been nearly an hour. you all either:
1. like this song
2. have never heard this song
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3. are apathetic about my posts 
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airehead
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Posted: 12/09/03 - 14:52 Post subject:
I love it!!!!
I've never heard it before but it sounds fun to sing!!!
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rolling rock
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Posted: 12/09/03 - 14:52 Post subject:
nevah heard this hippo song and don't know the tune so how can it replace the kalikimakeitstopnow song running thru my head now if i don't know the tune to the hippo song, huh???????????
here:  it's horrible when no one responds to your posts, i know.
paranoia strikes deep.
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keltic63
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Posted: 12/09/03 - 16:24 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | nevah heard this hippo song and don't know the tune so how can it replace the kalikimakeitstopnow song running thru my head now if i don't know the tune to the hippo song, huh???????????
here: it's horrible when no one responds to your posts, i know.
paranoia strikes deep. |
I'm not paranoid, but the people following me think I am.
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gretriever
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Posted: 12/09/03 - 16:37 Post subject:
I've heard of it, and for the life of me... Keltic, where's this from?
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keltic63
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Posted: 12/09/03 - 16:43 Post subject:
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keltic63
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Posted: 12/09/03 - 16:47 Post subject:
a little more digging and I found this accompanying story behind the song:
Gayla Peevey
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
(Columbia, 1953)
Possibly the strangest and most charming Christmas single title ever. Gayla Peevey was an American child star from Oklahoma, and this song (written in 1950 by one John Fox) had very serious and laudable intentions.
It had been brought to Miss Peevey's attention that the city zoo had no hippopotamus, and so someone at Columbia records had the bright idea of putting together a campaign aimed at "buying Gayla" a hippo for Christmas. The song was recorded to accompany the campaign and, after raising several thousand dollars, a baby hippo was procured and presented by Miss Peevey to the zoo.
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genie
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Posted: 12/09/03 - 16:48 Post subject:
OMG....I actually remember this one! Kewl!!!
That kid really needs to blow his nose.
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keltic63
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Posted: 12/09/03 - 16:50 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | OMG....I actually remember this one! Kewl!!!
That kid really needs to blow his nose. |
umm, her, I guess.
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