Dorothy the Dinosaur (song)

"Dorothy the Dinosaur" is a song about how The Wiggles first met Dorothy. The song was adapted from the Cockroaches song It's Another Saturday Night.

Song Credits

The Wiggles (album)

Written by: J Field/M Cook
Published by: EMI Music/Control
Phillip Wilcher: Vocals
Murray Cook: Bass Guitar, Vocals
Gregory Page: Lead Vocals
Jeff Fatt: Emax
Anthony Field: Vocals, Chief Kabasa Player
Produced by: Anthony Field
Engineered by: Steve Promfrett
Recorded in February 1991 at Tracking Station Recording Studios, Sydney

ABC For Kids: Live in Concert (video)

Written by: J Field, M Cook
Published by: EMI Music/Control

Wiggle Time! (1993 video)

Written by: J Field, M Cook
Copyrighted by: EMI Music

Wiggledance!

Written by: J Field, M Cook
Published by: EMI Music
Sound Recording by: Chris Brooks
Audio Mixing by: Alex Ferguson

Wiggle Time! (1998 video)

Written by: M Cook, J Field
Published by: EMI Music Publishing

Let's Wiggle

Written by: Murray Cook, John Field
Published by: Wiggly Tunes
Vocals: Greg Page
Backing Vocals: Greg Truman
Guitars: Murray Cook
Drums: Tony Henry
Trumpet: Dominic Lindsay
Recorded and Mixed by: Chris Brooks
Produced by: The Wiggles
Published by: Wiggly Tunes

Wiggle Time! (2000 album)

Written by: M Cook, J Fatt, A Field, G Page, J Field
Published by: EMI Music/Wiggly Tunes
Musicians: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page
Additional Musicians: Terry Murray, Tony Henry, Dominic Lindsay
Recorded and Mixed by: Chris Brooks
Produced by: The Wiggles

Play Piano with... The Wiggles (sheet music)

Written by: Murray Cook, John Field
Music Arrangements by: The Wiggles and Dominic Lindsay
Copyrighted by: Wiggly Tunes

Play Piano with... The Wiggles (audio)

Written by: John Field
Arranged by: Tony Celiberti
Music Arrangements by: The Wiggles and Dominic Lindsay
Copyrighted by: Wiggly Tunes

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Lyrics

1991 Version

Greg: I was looking out my window late the other night
She was sitting in the garden and gave me such a fright
Eating all Mum's roses there in the moonlight
It was Dorothy the Dinosaur

I knew that if Mum saw her, she'd never let her stay
A dinosaur that's big is that it's feeding night and day
I'd have to find a place where I could hide her away
Dorothy the Dinosaur

Wiggles:Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Greg: Dorothy the Dinosaur, Chomp

I knew that she was so big that she'd soon be found
My mother called the dogcatcher; he came around
When he laid his eyes on her, he fell to the ground
Anthony: (as the Dog Catcher) "Now I take it, that's Dorothy the Dinosaur!"

Wiggles: Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Dorothy the Dinosaur, Chomp

Greg: They called up the police to take her right away
They called up the zoo to find a place to stay
I said they couldn't take her, I said "No way, That's Dorothy the Dinosaur"

Wiggles: Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Greg: Dorothy the Dinosaur, Chomp

1998 Version

Greg: I was looking out my window late the other night
She was sitting in the garden and gave me such a fright
Eating all Mum's roses there in the moonlight
It was Dorothy the Dinosaur

Carolyn Ferrie: (as Dorothy) (giggles)

Wiggles: Chomp

Greg: I knew that if Mum saw her, she'd never let her stay
A dinosaur that's big is that it's feeding night and day
I'd have to find a place where I could hide her away
Dorothy the Dinosaur

Carolyn Ferrie: (as Dorothy) Ooh, roses! I like it here!

Wiggles: Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp

Greg: Dorothy the Dinosaur, Chomp

I knew that she was so big that she'd soon be found
My mother called the dogcatcher; he came around
When he laid his eyes on her, he fell to the ground

Dog Catcher: "Now I take it, that's Dorothy the Dinosaur!"

Carolyn Ferrie: (as Dorothy) Oh, my stomach hurts. I'm still hungry. Do you think I could get some roses in the back garden now?

Wiggles: Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp

Greg: Dorothy the Dinosaur, Chomp

They called up the police to take her right away
They called up the zoo to find a place to stay
I said they couldn't take her, I said "No way, That's Dorothy the Dinosaur"

Dorothy: That's me.

Wiggles: Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp

Carolyn Ferrie: (as Dorothy) (giggles) Roses.

Greg: Dorothy the Dinosaur, Chomp

Wiggles: Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp
Romp Bomp a Chomp, Romp Bomp a Chomp

Greg: Dorothy the Dinosaur, Chomp

Carolyn Ferrie: (as Dorothy) (giggles)

Performances/Appearances

Videos

Albums

Trivia

The song is adapted from The Cockroaches' It's Another Saturday Night song.
Phillip Wilcher appears in the 1991 music video.
This song is part of the Let's Wiggle book.
Although the song was later credited to Jeff, Anthony and Greg, the song didn't change. This was done because The Wiggles started crediting songs to them as a whole, rather than individual writers.
The music that uses this song was originally written by John Field who was in The Cockroaches in the '80s.
The Wiggle Time! 2000 album and It's Wiggle Time! (Game) shows Jeff, Anthony, and Greg's name in the song credits, although they didn't write this song.
Murray wrote the lyrics for this song.
Greg played the tune of the Cockroaches song on his Casio keyboard during the cruise.
This was a bonus song from the Yule Be Wiggling album.
Anthony Field's name is in the credits of Lyrick Studios Let's Wiggle Sampler although he didn't write this song.