DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene.</s>GAYLA PEEVEY: (Singing) I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: Gayla Peevey, of Oklahoma, was 10 when she recorded this song in 1953. A local campaign granted her wish and delivered a hippo to the Oklahoma City Zoo. Six decades later, Gayla was on hand again as the zoo welcomed a new hippo.</s>GAYLA PEEVEY: (Singing) And hippopotamuses like me, too.</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION.
Gayla Peevey of Oklahoma was 10 when she recorded "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" in 1953. She was on hand in 2017 when a hippo was welcomed to the Oklahoma City zoo.