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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 his bath 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 put Bill where he would not get killed

 But he left him on a slope, and into the swamp he rolled

 They dragged out his head but there was nothing left 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, swamp, swamp!

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