[Dixielandjazz] Quandary... and more!

[Will Connelly]

And then there's Alligator Gumbo Parade, which I wrote in 1980 as the 
fight song for the Hot Jazz and Alligator Gumbo Society, for which the 
lyric goes

                     You squeeze the juice from two ripe 'gators and a 
snake or two
                      Add twenty pecks of peppers, red and green will do
                      Use lots of Irish spuds a couple gallons of gin
                      And just a pinch of salt, to seal the flavor in
                      Now add two dozen sacks of onions and you're 
almost through
                      You're nearly set to simmer up this zesty stew
                      Toss in the ears, the nose, a couple yards of tail
                      And you'll have Alligator Gumbo by the pail (have 
lots of Rolaids handy)
                      Alligator Gumbo makes it wail!

Encore lead sheet available on request

Kindly,
Will Connelly


David W. Littlefield wrote:

>A 4th is Oliver/Hardin's 1923 "Alligator hop", a dandy tune recorded
>recently by the Independence Hall JB on Stomp Off. It's in "Dixieland Fake
>Book Vol. 2"
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>--Sheik
>http://americanmusiccaravan.com
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>At 08:17 PM 08/29/05 +1000, Bill Haesler wrote:
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>>There are three tunes using the 'Alligator' name.
>>1.  "Alligator Blues (Lagniappe)" composed by cornet player John Hyman
>>[Johnny Wiggs] and pianist Horace Diaz and recorded by John Hyman's Bayou
>>Stompers for Victor in New Orleans on 10 March 1927.
>>This is a fast, 'white dixieland tune' (in the manner of Red Nichols' Five
>>Pennies). Nothing to do with the others.
>>2.  "Alligator Crawl" composed in 1927 by Thomas Fats Waller and recorded by
>>Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven (10 May 1927); Doc Cook and His 14 Doctors
>>of Syncopation (11 June 1927); Fess Williams and His Royal Flush orchestra
>>(15 June 1927); Bob Fuller trio (18 May 1928); Fats Waller (solo 16 Nov
>>1934) and the Sepia Serenaders (14 Dec 1934).
>>3.  "Alligator Blues" composed in 1927 by Spencer Williams and recorded by
>>Helen Humes (accompanied by guitarists Sylvester Weaver and Walter Beasley)
>>on 27 Nov 1927. Just a (wonderful) basic blues.
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