A popular song from 1913
Words by Harry Downing
Music by Ray Egan
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- Honey, hear that orchestra a playing
See the couples on the floor a swaying
Don’t you see them all, dancing down the hall
Oh! that Crocodile Crawl
Seems to me that music is entrancing
Seems to set my very soul a-dancing
Honey, here we go
This is the dance we know
Soft, sweet, dreamy and slow
Chorus
Oh! that’s the Crocodile Crawl
Oh! that’s the Crawl
Oh! see them laggin’, draggin’
Down the hall
Oh! see them laggin’, draggin
Some are raggin’
Balance all, Oh! balance all
Then squeeze your lovey dove right up to your side
Oh! honey, slide and glide, it’s funny
I can’t explain, I can’t explain
What makes me go so crazy over that strain
That lazy, crazy, hazy strain’s a daisy
Baby, my all, baby, my all
Do the Crocodile Crawl
- Everybody’s smiling ’cause they like that tune
Makes you feel just like you’re on your honeymoon
Listen to that strain, musical champagne
Just like riding to fame
Honey, hold me close this is the dance that charms
Feels just like I’m goin’ to die right in your arms
Mister leader man
Oh! please don’t stop that band
That tune’s certainly grand
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: