"Dorothy's Birthday Party" is the 2nd song about Dorothy the Dinosaur, telling the story of her birthday party and how all her friends came and celebrated. It was rewritten for the Short Story segment in Yummy Yummy, and rewritten and re-recorded again in 1998 for Wiggle Time! (1998 video).
Song Lyrics
Original Version
Greg: Well, you know about Dorothy the Dinosaur
But that's not the end of the tale.
When I tell you what happened on her birthday,
I know it'll make you turn pale.
It happened on the 3rd of November
When Dorothy was turning 5.
100 ding-a-ling dinosaurs
Were in the garden doing the jive.
It was a dinosaur Birthday Party.
I'm the one Mum and Dad will blame.
Romp-Bomp-a-Chomp through the roses they stomped.
The garden will never be the same.
There was Rex the Tyrannosaurus
Doing his party tricks.
And the pterodactyl twisters
Playing their greatest hits.
They played "pass the prehistoric parcel"
And mastodon musical chairs.
Why does this always happen to me?
You know it's really not fair.
It was a dinosaur Birthday Party.
I'm the one Mum and Dad will blame.
Romp-Bomp-a-Chomp, through the roses they stomped.
The garden will never be the same.
I saw 22 brontosauruses
Dancing the boogaloo.
Mum and Dad were due home any tick of the clock.
Now what was I to do?
It was a dinosaur Birthday Party.
I'm the one Mum and Dad will blame.
Romp-Bomp-a-Chomp through the roses they stomped.
The garden will never be the same. (repeat)
1994 Version
Greg: Well, you know about Dorothy the Dinosaur
But that's not the end of the tale.
When I tell you what happened on her birthday
I know it'll make you turn pale.
It happened on a very special day
When Dorothy was turning 5
There's 100 ding-a-ling dinosaurs
In the garden doing the jive.
Well, it's Dorothy's Birthday Party
Everybody's playing party games
Romp-Bomp-a-Chomp through the roses we stomp
The garden will never be the same.
Well, Dorothy's friends, The Wiggles
Were giving her a big surprise.
And Lucy was hanging her streamers
On her ladder way up high.
There was Captain Feathersword the pirate
Taking Dorothy's cake.
I hope that he doesn't eat it all up
Or he'll get a belly ache.
Well, it's Dorothy's Birthday Party
Everybody's playing party games
Romp-Bomp-a-Chomp through the roses we stomp
The garden will never be the same. (repeat)
Cha-cha-cha!
1998 Version
Murray: (as Dorothy) It's my party and you're all invited!
Greg: Well, you know about Dorothy the Dinosaur
But now I'll tell you some more
About what happened on the party
For Dorothy the Dinosaur.
Murray: (as Dorothy) That's me!
Greg: It happened on the 3rd of November
When Dorothy was turning 5.
Dorothy and all of the Wiggles' friends
Were in the garden doing the jive.
It was a dinosaur birthday party.
Everybody's playing party games.
Romp-Bomp-a-Chomp through the roses we stomp.
The garden will never be the same.
There was Captain Feathersword the pirate
Doing his pirate dance.
Henry the Octopus was there
Wearing his 8 legged pants.
There was Wags the Dog barking away
Jeff: (as Wags) Ruff!
Greg: Doing his party tricks.
Jeff: (as Wags) Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!
Greg: Henry's underwater big band were there
Playing their greatest hits.
It was a dinosaur birthday party.
Murray: (as Dorothy) It's my party!
Everybody's playing party games.
Romp-Bomp-a-Chomp through the roses we stomp.
The garden will never be the same.
Song Credits
Here Comes a Song
- M. Cook
- Anthony Field: Vocals
- Greg Page: Lead Vocals
- Jeff Fatt: Piano, Organ and Vocals
- Murray Cook: Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals and Chief Kabasa Player
- Produced by Anthony Field, Greg Page, Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt
- Engineered by Murray Cook
- Mixed by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page and Anthony Field
- Mastered by Don Bartley at Studio 301
- Published by EMI Music
Wiggle Time! (1993 video)
- M Cook
- Copyrighted by: EMI Music
Yummy Yummy (1994 video)
- M. Cook/J. Fatt/A. Field/G. Page (EMI Music)
The Wiggles Movie
- Written by: Murray Cook
- Publisher: EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd
Let's Wiggle
- Music and Lyrics by Murray Cook
- Lead Vocals: Greg Page
- Backing Vocals: The Wiggles
- Guitars: Murray Cook and Anthony Field
- Bass: Murray Cook
- Keyboards: Jeff Fatt
- Drums: Paul Hester
- Produced by: The Wiggles
- Recorded and Mixed by: Chris Brooks
- Mastered by: Don Bartley
- Mastered at: Studio 301
Wiggle Time! (2000 album)
- Murray Cook (EMI)
- Engineered by: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page
- Produced and Mixed by: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing!
- Murray Cook (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd)
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Trivia
- Murray Cook who provides the voice of Dorothy wrote this song.
- The Wiggle Time! 2000 album shows Jeff, Anthony, and Greg's names in the song credits, although they didn't write this song.
- The 1993 video version uses a slide whiste sound effect. It was also one of the first times to use cartoon sound effects, in TV Series 2, they switched to the popular Hanna-Barbera sounds.
Video Performances
- Wiggle Time!
- Yummy Yummy
- Wiggle Time! (1998 video)
- 歡樂Party! (Taiwan-only release)
Album Appearance
- Here Comes A Song
- Let's Wiggle (America-only release)
- 歡樂Party! (Taiwan-only release)
- Sing Along With The Wiggles
Gallery
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