Lyrics: Robert Hunter, Ron McKernan (Pigpen)
Music: Phil Lesh, Ron McKernan (Pigpen)
Sleepy alligator in the noonday sunNotes
Lying by the river just like he usually done
Call for his whiskey, he can call for his tea (note 1)
Call all he wants to but he can't call me
Oh no, I've been there before
And I ain't coming back around there no more
Creepy alligator coming all around the bend
Shouting 'bout the time when we was mutual friends
I checked my memory and I checked it quick, yes I will
I checked it running some old kind of trick
Oh no, I've been there before
And I ain't coming back around there no more
Hung up waiting for a windy day (note 2)
Hung up waiting for a windy day
Burn down the Fillmore, gas the Avalon
Sailing down the river in an old canoe (note 3)
A bunch of bugs and an old tennis shoe
Out of the river all ugly and green
Came the biggest old alligator that I've ever seen
Teeth big and pointed and his eyes were bugging out
Contacted the union, put the beggars to rout
Screaming and yelling, he was picking his chops
He never runs, he just stumbles and hops
Just out of prison on six dollar's bail
Mumbling at bitches and a-wagging his tail
Alligator running round my door
Alligator running round my door
Alligator running round my door
Alligator running round my door
Alligator creeping round the corner of my cabin door (note 1)
He's coming round to bother me some more
Grateful Dead Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | ||||
1967-1968 | Anthem Of The Sun | ||||
5 Aug 1967 | 30 Days Of The Dead (2010) | ||||
10 Nov 1967 | 30 Trips Around The Sun (note 6) | ||||
14 Feb 1968 | Road Trips Volume 2, Number 2 | ||||
24 Feb 1968 | Dick's Picks Vol 22 | ||||
23 Aug 1968 | Anthem Of The Sun and Two From The Vault (note 4) | ||||
25 Jan 1969 | Aoxomoxoa (2019 bonus disc) | ||||
28 Feb 1969 | Fillmore West 1969 - The Complete Recordings | ||||
2 Mar 1969 | Fillmore West 1969 - The Complete Recordings | ||||
24 May 1969 | Road Trips Volume 4, Number 1 | ||||
12 Dec 1969 | Dave's Picks Volume 10 (note 5) | ||||
3 Jan 1970 | Dave's Picks Volume 30 | ||||
14 Feb 1970 | Dick's Picks Vol 4 | ||||
29 Apr 1971 | Ladies And Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead | ||||
(Plus live recordings by The Dead, Furthur, Phil Lesh & Friends etc not listed here. See Grateful Dead Family Discography for a full list.) | |||||
Covers By Other Artists | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
2015 | Songs Of Their Own | Ross James Radio Galaxy |