The Crocodile Crawl

A popular song from 1913
Words by Harry Downing
Music by Ray Egan


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:


Lyrics

  1. 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

  1. 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: