Sesame Street nail polish/I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (from Elmo Saves Christmas)

Cast

 * Rosita's Red Rhumba as Elmo

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

Rosita's Red Rhumba want a hippopotamus for Christmas Rosita's Red Rhumba 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

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

Rosita's Red Rhumba want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do No crocodiles No rhinoceroses Rosita's Red Rhumba only like hippopotamuses And hippopotamuses like Rosita's Red Rhumba too

Mom says a hippo would eat Rosita's Red Rhumba 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

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

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

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