Biografía:
Gayla Peevey (born 1943) is perhaps best known for her song, I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (Columbia, 1953). A child star from Oklahoma City, she was 10 years old when she recorded the novelty song written by John Rox in 1950.
The Oklahoma City Zoo capitalized upon the popularity of the song in 1953 through a fund raising campaign to "buy a hippo for Gayla" in order to bring a hippo to the zoo. (They had no hippopotamus at the time.) The song raised $3,000.
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I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas
Gayla Peevey, recorded in 1953; lyrics and music by John Rox
G D
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do
D7 A D7 D
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy; I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
G D
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
D7
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
A D7 D
Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do
G7 C G7 C
I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
D7 G
Oh what joy and what surprise, when I open up my eyes
A D D7
to see a hippo hero standing there
G D
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do
D7 A7 D7 D
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses; I only like hippopotamuses
A7 D7 G
And hippopotamuses like me too
[Interlude]
G G D
G G D
D7
Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
A7 D7 D
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian
[Interlude]
G G D
G G D
D7
There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
A7 D7 D
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage
G7 C G7 C
I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
D7 G
Oh what joy and what surprise, when I open up my eyes
A D D7
to see a hippo hero standing there
G D
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do
D7 A7 D7 D
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses; I only like hippopotamuseses
A7 D7 G
And hippopotamuses like me too
Gayla Peevey, recorded in 1953; lyrics and music by John Rox
G D
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do
D7 A D7 D
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy; I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
G D
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
D7
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
A D7 D
Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy thing to do
G7 C G7 C
I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
D7 G
Oh what joy and what surprise, when I open up my eyes
A D D7
to see a hippo hero standing there
G D
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do
D7 A7 D7 D
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses; I only like hippopotamuses
A7 D7 G
And hippopotamuses like me too
[Interlude]
G G D
G G D
D7
Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
A7 D7 D
Teacher says a hippo is a vegeterian
[Interlude]
G G D
G G D
D7
There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
A7 D7 D
I'd feed him there and wash him there and give him his massage
G7 C G7 C
I can see me now on Christmas morning, creeping down the stairs
D7 G
Oh what joy and what surprise, when I open up my eyes
A D D7
to see a hippo hero standing there
G D
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas; Only a hippopotamus will do
D7 A7 D7 D
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroseses; I only like hippopotamuseses
A7 D7 G
And hippopotamuses like me too
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