I want a hippopotamus for Christmas 我希望有一个河马圣诞节

Only a hippopotamus will do 只有河马会做

Don't want a doll 不想要一个娃娃

No dinky tinker toy 没有极小鼓捣玩具

I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy 我希望有一个河马一起玩，享受

   

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas 我希望有一个河马圣诞节

I don't think Santa Claus will mind do you 我不认为圣诞老人会介意你

He won't have to use 他就不必使用

A dirty chimney flue 一个肮脏的烟道

Just bring him through the front door 只是把他从前门

That's the easy thing to do 那是很容易的事

   

I can see me now on Christmas morning 现在我可以看到我在圣诞节的早晨

Creeping down the stairs 爬下楼

Oh what joy and what surprise 哦，多么欢乐和惊喜是什么

When I open up my eyes 当我睁开我的双眼

To see a hippo hero standing there 看到河马英雄站在那里

   

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas 我希望有一个河马圣诞节

Only a hippopotamus will do 只有河马会做

No crocodiles 没有鳄鱼

No rhinoceroses 没有犀牛

I only like hippopotamuses 我只喜欢河马

And hippopotamuses like me too 和河马也喜欢我

   

(swing it) （挥动）

   

Mom says a hippo would eat me up but then 妈妈说，河马会吃了我，但随后

Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian 老师说，河马是素食主义者

   

There's lots of room for him 有大量的空间给他

In our two car garage 在我们的两个车库

I'd feed him there 我喂他有

And wash him there 和洗他在那里

And give him his massage 并给他按摩

   

I can see me now on Christmas morning 现在我可以看到我在圣诞节的早晨

Creeping down the stairs 爬下楼

Oh what joy and what surprise 哦，多么欢乐和惊喜是什么

When I open up my eyes 当我睁开我的双眼

To see a hippo hero standing there 看到河马英雄站在那里

   

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas 我希望有一个河马圣诞节

Only a hippopotamus will do 只有河马会做

No crocodiles 没有鳄鱼

Or rhinoceroses-es 或犀牛-ES

I only like hippopotamuses-es 我只喜欢河马-ES

And hippopotamuses like me too 和河马也喜欢我