Rippy(?) the Gator

Subject: Rippy(?) the Gator
From: MandolinPaul
Date: 04 May 02 - 04:26 PM

Hey kids.

I saw a guy at a pub near Ottawa, last night, do this song. It's about a kid named Billy who keeps falling in the swamp, and loses a limb to this alligator each time. I think the gator's name was Rippy.

The chorus went something like:

Well Rippy the Gator went chomp chomp chomp
Yeah, Rippy the Gator went chomp chomp chomp
(don't remember the next two lines, but they ended with "in the swamp swamp swamp"

Does anyone know this? Lyrics and melody would be nice, but I'd take one or the other. Any help you can provide would contribute to my two-year-old son's nightmares.

Thanks, eh.

Paul

Subject: Lyr Add: Rippy the Gator
From: Sorcha
Date: 04 May 02 - 04:41 PM

I found it--be glad I didn't send you there. 3 pop ups and orange print on green ground!!

RIPPY THE GATOR

(*spoken* Hi kids! Welcome to The Uncle Bobo Show! Are you ready to sing? Come on, let's go! )

Billy and his family
Went on a holiday
They went down to Florida
To laugh and dance and play
Bill went in for a swim
He didn't see the harm
But when he came back out again
He was short an arm!

'Cause Rippy The Gator went
CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!
Rippy The Gator went
CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!
Passing the time
By ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the
Swamp, swamp, swamp..

Billy and his father
Went out to play some catch
But Billy missed the pass
Because his arm was unattached
The ball flew past his shoulder
And it rolled into the swamp
When he went wading after it
His leg became a stump!

'Cause Rippy The Gator went
CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!

Rippy The Gator went CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!
Passing the time
By ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the
Swamp, swamp, swamp..

Billy and his father
Joined a three-legged race

They were tearing up the field
No one could keep the pace
But Billy tripped and did a flip
And landed in the muck
He was running out of limbs
And also out of luck!

'Cause Rippy The Gator went
CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!
Rippy The Gator went
CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!
Passing the time
By ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the
Swamp, swamp, swamp..

Billy was all dirty
He really had to wash
But he couldn't use a towel
'Cause his limbs had been gnawed off.
He went into the water
To get all clean and bright
But when he was finished
He was only half his height.

'Cause Rippy The Gator went
CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!
Rippy The Gator went
CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!
Passing the time
By ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the
Swamp, swamp, swamp..

Billy's father rolled his wheelchair
Up upon a hill
He wanted to take Bill
Where he would not get killed
But he left him on a slope
And into a swamp he rolled
They dragged out his head
But there was nothing down below!

'Cause Rippy The Gator went
CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!
Rippy The Gator went
CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP!
Passing the time
By ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the
Swamp, swamp, swamp..

Passing the time
By ending children's lives
Down in the bottom of the swamp
(Down in the swamp..)

Subject: RE: Rippy(?) the Gator
From: Sorcha
Date: 04 May 02 - 04:45 PM

Done by the Arrogant Worms, but I couldn't find a sound file.......sorry. Got the lyrics from here:
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/ArrogantWorms/RippyGator.html

Subject: RE: Rippy(?) the Gator
From: Hollowfox
Date: 04 May 02 - 06:08 PM

Since you're in Canada, you can easily pick up the Arrogant Worms CD "Russell's Shorts", which has Rippy on it. They're great.

Subject: RE: Rippy(?) the Gator
From: MandolinPaul
Date: 04 May 02 - 09:21 PM

15 minutes to get an answer! Try to be a little faster next time, Sorcha.

Thanks a lot, guys.

Paul

Subject: RE: Rippy(?) the Gator
From: Sorcha
Date: 04 May 02 - 11:01 PM

Yes dear.
(It took almost 10 minutes to re format and do line breaks............grin)