All I Want For Christmas Is A Hippo (LM 243) Ben Goldberg

OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK

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

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

*There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage

CLOSER

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!!