Sesame Street Avalon 12 Crayons/I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (from Elmo Saves Christmas)

Cast

 * Frazzle Red as Elmo

Lyrics
Frazzle Red: (scatting) (laughing) (singing) Frazzle Red want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do Don't want a doll No dinky tinker toy Frazzle Red want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

Frazzle Red want a hippopotamus for Christmas Frazzle Red 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

Frazzle Red see himself now on Christmas morning Creeping down the stairs Oh what joy and what surprise When Frazzle Red opens up his eyes To see a hippo hero standing there

Frazzle Red want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do No crocodiles No rhinoceroses Frazzle Red only like hippopotamuses And hippopotamuses like Frazzle Red too

Mom says a hippo would eat Frazzle Red up but then Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian

There's lots of room for him In our two car garage He'd feed him there And wash him there And give him his massage

Frazzle Red see himself now on Christmas morning Creeping down the stairs Oh what joy and what surprise When Frazzle Red opens up his eyes To see a hippo hero standing there

Frazzle Red want a hippopotamus for Christmas (Yeah!) Only a hippopotamus will do No crocodiles Or rhinoceroses-es Frazzle Red only like hippopotamuses-es And hippopotamuses like Frazzle Red too

(spoken) What a nice little pet. Sit, hippo! (laughing)