"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
- Composed by: John Field
- Written and Arranged by: Murray Cook
- Produced by: Anthony Field
- Engineered by: Steve Promfrett
- Recorded at: Tracking Station Studios
- Publisher: Control/EMI Music
- Copyright: Control
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
- Vocals: Greg Page, Carolyn Ferrie (Dorothy's voice)
- Backing Vocals: The Wiggles
- Drums: Tony Henry
- Bass: Murray Cook
- Guitars: Murray Cook, Terry Murray
- Keyboards: Jeff Fatt
- Trumpet: Dominic Lindsay
- Saxophone: Anita Thomas
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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 (re-recording)
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.