Charlie Daniels — Alligator

Well, ol' Catahoula Brown lived back in the swamp With his dogs and a bunch of sons One teenage daughter, her name was Sally Sue She was as pretty as a newborn fawn And he didn't like sinners, and he didn't like saints And he didn't like anything But as much as he disliked everybody else He just hated ol' Silas Green Sally Sue come in on a Saturday evening As the sun was going down She said, "Papa, if it's alright with you Well, I think I'm gonna go to town." He said, "Daughter, you get on back in the house 'cause you ain't going no place 'til you get them ribbons out of your hair And wash the makeup off of your face." She said, "Papa, don't you be so hard on me 'cause I just got a date With this boy I met in Sunday school And we ain't gonna be out late." And then she walked on up to the rural route And she caught herself a ride But it wasn't no boy from Sunday school That was sittin' on the other side It was Silas Green's youngest son Bobby Joe Sittin' under that steering wheel (Chorus): Alligator! Alligator! Swimming in the stream Alligator! Alligator! What makes you so mean? Alligator! Alligator! Wonder where you been And did you swallow ol' Catahoula Brown? I ain't never seen him again Catahoula got up on Sunday morning Made some coffee and had him a cup Then he walked on out to the back of the house To get his pretty daughter up He went running in the room where the boys all slept Hollered, "Get up! Somethin' ain't right And I'm worried to death 'cause your darling little sister Didn't even come home last night." Johnny said, "Papa, don't be mad at me I sure hate to tell you this But I seen her in the town with Bobby Joe Green And I even seen her give him a kiss." "And I tried to get her to come on back But she told me to leave her alone She said they were getting married before the sun come up And she wasn't NEVER coming home." Catahoula grabbed the boy by the nape of his neck And slapped him upside the head He said, "Before I see her married to that trash I'd rather see the little girl dead!" And then he whistled up his dogs, and he grabbed his gun And he was full of evil and fight He went a-runnin' 'cross the woods hollering "Silas Green and his bunch are gonna die tonight!" Then a day went by and he didn't come back And another went by, then a week And when the boys went looking, all they found was his shotgun Laying at the bottom of the creek And then they found his boots, and they found his cap But they couldn't find anything else Except a big bad alligator, sitting on a log Looking mighty proud of himself It don't pay to hate somebody so bad you go Stomping around in gator country (Repeat Chorus) Well, did you swallow ol' Catahoula Brown? I ain't never seen him again..