I WANT A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS GAYLA PEEVEY DOWNLOAD

Retrieved October 28, What was that event like? Now, you didn't write the song about wanting a hippo, but did you actually like hippos before singing about wanting one for Christmas? I want a hippopotamus The official site by Gayla Peevey.

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However, in that version, they replaced hippopotamus with Snuffleupagus. The official site by Gayla Peevey. I want a hippopotamus And many, many, many people came that they had to turn people away.

This week you sang the song at the Oklahoma City Zoo to welcome Francesca, a year-old pygmy hippopotamus which just moved there from the San Diego Zoo. It wasand she had a record contract with Columbia Records. And it was just an exciting event.

Views Read Edit View history. Retrieved December 13, wan The campaign succeeded, and she was presented with an actual hippopotamus, which she donated to the city zoo.

They are these creatures that aren't really - they can't really live in the water. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Singing I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

Retrieved May 6, They just - they can float there and stay cool, but they go out to eat on land. It is a Dr. And Gayla Peevey joins us now to tell the rest of this story and how she helped welcome the zoo's latest hippo addition fkr week.

They're presented so often as jolly, round, smiling animals in cartoons and so forth, but that's far from the truth.

I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Wikipedia

National Archives and Records Administration. It was a huge response. Retrieved Gqyla 19, — via iTunes Store. Languages Deutsch Edit links.

Singing Don't want a doll, no dinky tinker toy. The B-side of the original 78 featured the song "Are my Ears on Straight? Heard on All Things Considered.

For The Oklahoma City Zoo, Hippos Are A Christmas Tradition

Singing Hippopotamus for Christmas. Only a hippopotamus will do. So it's - yeah, now I really love hippos.

Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email. Retrieved October 28, Well, Gayla Peevey, thank you very much for talking with us.

Instead, a local promoter picked up on the popularity of the song and Peevey's local roots, and launched a campaign to present her with an actual hippopotamus on Christmas. December 13, 4: You better run laughter. They'd capitalize on the song's popularity and their hometown star to raise money to get one. Actually, I never gave it a thought before the song. And every day in the newspaper there was a little circle where you could tape your dime or your quarter and mail it in.