E5 B5 Billy and his family went on a holiday E5 They went down to Florida to laugh and dance and play A5 E5 Bill went in for a swim , he didn't see the harm B5 E5 But when he came back out again, he was short an arm E5 B5 'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! E5 Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! A5 E5 Passing the time by ending children's lives B5 E5 Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! E5 B5 Billy and his father went out to play some catch E5 But Billy missed the pass because his arm was unattached A5 E5 The ball flew past his shoulder and it rolled into the swamp B5 E5 When he went wading after it his leg became a stump B5 'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! E5 Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! A5 E5 Passing the time by ending children's lives B5 E5 Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! E5 B5 Billy and his father joined a three-legged race E5 They were tearing up the field, no one could keep the pace A5 E5 But Billy tripped and did a flip and landed in the muck B5 A5 He was running out of limbs and also out of luck B5 'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! E5 Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! A5 E5 Passing the time by ending children's lives B5 E5 Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! E5 B5 Billy was all dirty, he really had to wash E5 But he couldn't use a towel 'cause his limbs had been gnawed off A5 E5 He went into the water to get all clean and bright B5 E5 But when his bath was finished he was only half his height B5 'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! E5 Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! A5 E5 Passing the time by ending children's lives B5 E5 Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! E5 B5 Billy's father rolled his wheelchair up upon a hill E5 He wanted to put Bill where he would not get killed A5 E5 But he left him on a slope, and into the swamp he rolled B5 E5 They dragged out his head but there was nothing left below B5 'Cause Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! E5 Rippy the Gator went chomp, chomp, chomp! A5 E5 Passing the time by ending children's lives B5 E5 Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp! A5 E5 Passing the time by ending children's lives B5 E5 Down in the bottom of the swamp, swamp, swamp!