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"Dorothy the Dinosaur" is the song were the Wiggles first met Dorothy. It's music was adapted from the Cockroaches song It's Another Saturday Night.

Song Credits

1991

1998 Version

  • Composed by: John Field
  • Written by: Murray Cook
  • Musical Arrangement: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay
  • Engineered and Mixed: Chris Brooks
  • Recorded at: Electric Avenue Studios
  • Publisher: EMI Music/Wiggly Tunes
  • Copyright: Universal Music Group

Musicians

1991 Version

  • Vocals - Greg Page, Murray Cook (Dorothy's voice), Anthony Field (Dogcatcher's voice)
  • Backing Vocals - The Wiggles
  • Bass: Murray Cook
  • E-mu Emax sampler and MIDI track - Jeff Fatt

Wiggle Time! 1998 Version

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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

Album Tracks

  • Wiggle Time
  • Let's Wiggle

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 shows Jeff, Anthony, and Greg's name in the song credits, although they didn't write this song.

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