Have a look at an early version of the Whipple-Scrumpets’ song about greedy Augustus Gloop, and compare it to the one that actually appears in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, sung by the Oompa-Loompas. Can you spot the differences?
The Whipple-Scrumpets … began dancing about and clapping their hands and singing:
Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop!
The great big greedy nincompoop!
How long could we allow this beast
To gorge and guzzle, feed and feast
On everything he wanted to?
Great Scott! It simply wouldn’t do!
And so, you see, the time was ripe
To send him shooting up the pipe;
He had to go. It had to be.
And very soon he’s going to see
Inside the room to which he’s gone
Some funny things are going on.
But don’t, dear children, be alarmed.
Augustus Gloop will not be harmed,
Although, of course, we must admit
He will be altered quite a bit.
For instance, all those lumps of fat
Will disappear just like that!
He’ll shrink and shrink and shrink and shrink,
His skin will be no longer pink,
He’ll be so smooth and square and small
He will not know himself at all.
Farewell, Augustus Gloop, farewell!
For soon you’ll be a caramel!’
‘They’re teasing,’ Mr Wonka said, shaking a finger at the singing Whipple-Scrumpets. ‘You mustn’t believe a word they say.’