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Subject: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: Miss Nostalgia on 11/26/06 at 4:50 pm
What year is that "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" song, when did it come out?
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: spaceace on 11/26/06 at 4:53 pm
1953 :)
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: spaceace on 11/26/06 at 4:59 pm
http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/christmas_songs_lyrics_10575/other_lyrics_33314/i_want_a_hippopotamus_for_christmas_lyrics_360392.html
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: Jack Wilson on 11/26/06 at 5:38 pm
Yeah
Ooooh I can pimp Spaff now!
http://www.amiright.com/parody/misc/gaylapeevey0.shtml
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: Miss Nostalgia on 11/26/06 at 7:46 pm
I wonder how old Gayla Peevey was when she sang that song.
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: spaceace on 11/27/06 at 12:03 pm
I wonder how old Gayla Peevey was when she sang that song.
She was 8. :)
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: Sister Morphine on 11/27/06 at 1:10 pm
I wonder how old Gayla Peevey was when she sang that song.
She was 10, actually. She was born in 1943.
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: spaceace on 11/27/06 at 2:40 pm
She was 10, actually. She was born in 1943.
Really? I alway thought she was eight.
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/07 at 2:41 pm
What year is that "I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" song, when did it come out?
Now that is one Christmas song I have never heard before.
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 12/02/07 at 5:39 pm
Now that is one Christmas song I have never heard before.
Quite amusing, even in this day & age.
"No croc-o-dile, or rhi-no-cer-usses. I really only like hip-po-pot-a-musses."
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/07 at 5:40 pm
Quite amusing, even in this day & age.
"No croc-o-dile, or rhi-no-cer-usses. I really only like hip-po-pot-a-musses."
Do we know who wrote the song?
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: HawkTheSlayer on 12/02/07 at 5:47 pm
Do we know who wrote the song?
No, but Gayla Peevey was the singer.
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: Invisible Boy on 12/03/07 at 10:33 pm
It was written by John Coctoasten
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_a_Hippopotamus_for_Christmas
Subject: Re: The Hippopotamus Christmas song
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/04/07 at 3:25 am
It was written by John Coctoasten
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_a_Hippopotamus_for_Christmas
Thanks
Is John Coctoasten known for other songs?