Filk: I want a hippogriffy beast for Christmas

[Freeman, Louise Margaret]

No: HPFGUIDX 179338

A third-year Hagrid, facing the holidays alone in Hogwarts, ponders his Christmas wish.
To the tune of "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas"

HAGRID:
I want a hippogriffy beast for Christmas
Only a hippogriffy beast will do.
No more werewolf cubs, or Blast-Ended Skrewts
But raisin up a hippogriff'll help me pass me NEWTS

I want a hippogriffy beast for Christmas
I don' think Dumbledore'll mind, dyou?
I won' try ter take him through the portrait hole
He c'n live out in the forest, out where I go wrestle trolls!

I can see him now on Christmas morn by my four poster bed
I know how ter be polite so I'll bow an' he won' bite an' then I'll pet him an' not wind up dead!

I want a hippogriffy beast for Christmas. Only a hippogriffy beast will do.
Cant hatch a dragon, b'cause they are illegal, 
So I'll settle fer a critter who's half horse and who's half eagle! 
An' my hippogriff is gonna like me too!

{musical interlude, played on carved flute}

The prefects think the half-giant is a great big hairy joke,
 But Ill teach my pet ter take a bite o' that Tom Riddle bloke!

{musical interlude}
He can go out at night an' hunt ferrets in the fog, 
Then come back ter me cupboard and take tea wif Aragog!

I can see him now on Christmas morn by my four poster bed
I know how ter be polite so I'll bow an' he won' bite an' then I'll pet him and not wind up dead!

I want a hippogriffy beast for Christmas. Only a hippogriffy beast will do. 
Cant hatch a dragon, b'cause they are illegal, 
So Ill settle fer a critter who's half horse an' who's half eagle! 
An' my hippogriff is gonna like me too!

Louise Freeman Davis