See You Later Alligator

Album: Rock Around the Clock (1956)
Charted: 7 6
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  • Well I saw my baby walkin',
    With another man today,
    Well I saw my baby walkin'
    With another man today.
    When I asked her "What's the matter?"
    This is what I heard her say.

    Chorus:
    See you later alligator,
    After 'while, crocodile.
    See you later alligator,
    After 'while, crocodile.
    Can't you see you're in my way now?
    Don't you know you cramp my style?

    When I thought of what she told me,
    Nearly made me lose my head,
    When I thought of what she told me,
    Nearly made me lose my head.
    But the next time that I saw her,
    Reminded her of what she said.

    Repeat Chorus

    She said, "I'm sorry, pretty daddy,
    You know my love is just for you."
    She said, "I'm sorry, pretty daddy,
    You know my love is just for you,
    Won't you say that you'll forgive me,
    And say your love for me is true."

    I said, "Wait a minute, 'gator,
    I know you mean it just for play."
    I said, "Wait a minute, 'gator,
    I know you mean it just for play.
    Don't you know you really hurt me,
    And this is what I have to say."

    Repeat Chorus

    See you later alligator, after 'while crocodile,
    See you later alligator,
    So long, that's all,
    Goodbye. Writer/s: Robert Charles Guidry
    Publisher: Royalty Network, Word Collections Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 24th 1956, the city police of Cleveland, Ohio were instructed to enforce a 1931 city ordinance barring people under the age of 18 from dancing in public unless accompanied by an adult...
    City officials were looking for a legal way to shut down the increasing number of rock 'n roll shows that were being held in the city ...
    At the time there were only two rock 'n roll songs on Billboard's Top 10 chart; "See You Later, Alligator" by Bill Haley & His Comets at #7 and "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers at #10...
    Ironically, the #1 record had 'Rock and Roll' in its title, but it differently wasn't a rocker; "Rock and Roll Waltz" by Kay Starr was in its third of four weeks at #1.
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