a Hippopotamus.
Gayla Peevey (1953)
I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas is a song by John Rox and sang by Gayla Peevey who was 10 years old at the time in 1953
Shirley Temple never recorded "i want a hippopotamus for christmas" - It was recorded by 10 year old Gayla Peevey in 1953.
Shirley Temple never sang I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas, it was written in 1953 (Shirley was an adult by then) and was recorded by Gayla Peevey, who was 10 at the time. Yes, I know that it wriiten all over the internet that it's a Shirley Temple song, but for the life of me I don't understand why, it doesn't sound anything like her!
AnswerFrom the research I have done it appears someone has bought up a lot of her photos and they are rare. I have found a website (click on the picture to make it larger) but it's a picture of the hippo with Gayla Peevey in 1953.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayla_Peeveygo here for pictureshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45IJ2Ekwpsc
One gets the idea it would be the only practical place to keep such a large beast as a pet- the Garage- unless there was a prexisting stable or barn ( as on a Farm) and there is no indication that this was a farm setting. In my Father"s garage there are.. whoooaa! many stalls! what the ...
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy 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 our 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 and 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 like hippopotamuses And hippopotamuses like me too Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian 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 and 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 or rhinoceroseses I only like hippopotamuseses And hippopotamuses like me too! this is a song??
I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Words and Music by John Rox I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses I only like hippopotamuses And hippopotamuses like me too ................ is just the chorus! Sorry that's all I know right at this instant This song is from 1953 when Gayla Peevey at 10 years old sang this song as she really did want a hippo for Christmas. She is alive today at 52 years old and Telus used this song with Hazina the Hippo for the TV Ad which is so successful, people are buying hippos instead of phones. I am trying to find the video of this commercial so if anyone has a copy from the TV, I would really like that. Azariah.
Christmas eve 1953 was on a Thursday.
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