Gayla Peevey "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas"

Normally, yours truly is extremely serious about good music, and that is true here.  But with Christmas only days away, it is time to have a little fun, and find some levity in the arcane art of the weird.  In that spirit, I give you, a show tune of sorts.  This is the offbeat number "I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas", as sung by Gayla Peevey.  Sure, it's no match for the likes of Mannheim Steamroller.  But, it's worth a shot.  The amazing part about this, is how Peevey exhibits such talent, at a very young age.  This performance is taken from 1953, when Gayla was just ten years old, and she shows, that she has quite the singing voice.  Wow!