"Dorothy the Dinosaur" is the song were the Wiggles first metĀ Dorothy. It's music 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)
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: MĀ 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
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
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
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
"Now I take it, that's Dorothy the Dinosaur!"
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
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"
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
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
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
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!"
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
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
Dorothy: (giggles)
Appearances
Video Performances
- ABC For Kids Video Hits Volume 2
- ABC For Kids: Live In Concert
- Wiggle Time
- Wiggledance! Live in Concert
- Wiggle Time (1998 video)
Album Tracks
Trivia
- The song is adapted from The Cockroaches' It's Another Saturday Night song.
- Phillip Wilcher appears in the 1992 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.
- Anthony speaks in the 1991 version.
- Murray voices Dorothy in the 1991 version.
- 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.