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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

from Jet Set Roger - In the bleak midwinter by snowdonia

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Il brano portato al successo dalla cantante bambina Gayla Peevey nel 1953 è legato ad una storia curiosa: lo zoo di Oklahoma City, città natale di Gayla, lanciò una raccolta di fondi per poterle regalare un vero ippopotamo, così come da lei auspicato nella famosa canzone. La campagna ebbe fortuna, e all’atto di ricevere l’ingombrante regalo, la bambina lo donò a sua volta allo zoo comunale, come era ovviamente pianificato fin dall’inizio. L’ippopotamo, cui venne dato il nome di Matilda, sopravvisse per circa 50 anni, una durata piuttosto notevole per questo simpatico mammifero.

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I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
(Testo e musica di John Rox)
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 rhinoceroses:
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.

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 rhinoceroses:
I only likes hippopotamuses
and hippopotamuses like me, too

credits

from Jet Set Roger - In the bleak midwinter, released December 9, 2022
Roger Rossini: Voce, pianoforte, chitarra elettrica
Angela Kinczly: Voce
Kika Negroni: Voce
Nicola Carraro: Chitarra elettrica
Davide Mahony: Basso e seconda batteria
Mauro Carraro: Batteria

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