I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas Gayla Peevey (1953) 1950 | (Lou Mac 243) Ben Goldberg |
OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK Basic - SSD Week 1
Circle left
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
(I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?)
Allemande the corner girl, dosado your own
Men star by the left, one time around you go
Turn your partner by the right hand 'round now
Allemande the corner girl and promenade
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy
FIGURE Mainstream, corner progression
Heads (sides) promenade halfway you go now
Down the middle and then star thru, pass thru
Swing thru my friend, spin the top and then
The boys move up, a right & left thru
Turn the girls and then
Square thru 3 hands around the ring now
Swing the corner girl and promenade
*No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
ALTERNATE LYRICS
*He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door, that's the easy... (circle left)
*Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says the 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
CLOSER Basic - SSD Week 1
Four ladies chain across the ring you go now
Turn and chain the ladies back again
Allemande the corner girl, dosado your own
Men star by the left, one time around you go
Turn your partner by the right hand 'round now
Allemande the corner girl and promenade
No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
TAG
And hippopotamuses like me, too!!