E B Billy and his family went on a holiday E They went down to Florida to laugh and dance and play A E Bill went in for a swim, he didn't see the harm B E But when he came back out again, he was short an arm E B 'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! E Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! A E Passing the time by ending children's lives B E Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! E B Billy and his father went out to play some catch E But Billy missed the pass because his arm was unattached A E The ball flew past his shoulder and it rolled into the swamp B E When he went wading after it his leg became a stump B 'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! E Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! A E Passing the time by ending children's lives B E Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! E B Billy and his father joined a three-legged race E They were tearing up the field, no one could keep the pace A E But Billy tripped and did a flip and landed in the muck B A He was running out of limbs and also out of luck B 'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! E Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! A E Passing the time by ending children's lives B E Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! E B Billy was all dirty, he really had to wash E But he couldn't use a towel 'cause his limbs had been gnawed off A E He went into the water to get all clean and bright B E But when his bath was finished he was only half his height B 'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! E Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! A E Passing the time by ending children's lives B E Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! E B Billy's father rolled his wheelchair up upon a hill E He wanted to put Bill where he would not get killed A E But he left him on a slope, and into the swamp he rolled B E They dragged out his head but there was nothing left below B 'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! E Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! A E Passing the time by ending children's lives B E Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! A E Passing the time by ending children's lives B E Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! ___ /|||\ ~[|-_-|]~ Poiartist