Alligators all around LYRICS Carole King

[MegaChristy2009]

wow...used to sing this in 1st grade :O

[wynenot]

zippity zound!

[wynenot]

@Valkyri69 Dig. The macaroni and oat meal, my grain! H is for headache. Now for Puff the Magic Dragon. BTW, Ms. King used a bit of Sandoz in her day, yes? P is for pusher. ( :

[Valkyri69]

deep messages are in this song for those who are awake

[SeboHyatt]

@Valkyri69

Can you mention them please? I think you could be right.

[Valkyri69]

@SeboHyatt I am not the one to show you what you cannot already see.

[SeboHyatt]

@Valkyri69

Then you probably didn't know anything to begin with. I guess my reason for asking is that I just realized a lot of negative things in this song. How can you not explain something?

[Valkyri69]

@SeboHyatt everyone must find their own Truth. If I were to give you answers, unless you knew in your heart that they were true, they would not help.

All I can say is that this is a song with a message. The message is in between the lines, and it is not meant to be negative or scary. It's meant to make you think. Metaphors within metaphors.

[axderaq]

@Valkyri69 please explain to me, I'd like to know please

[Valkyri69]

@axderaq one interpretation could be that the entire song is a commentary on the behavior of humans - consider it a subset to the 7 deadly sins - this song is a list of the not-quite-so-deadly-sins-that-­are-still-pretty-bad

[axderaq]

@Valkyri69 nice point, true that it does overshadow the greater sins

[STIFILMS]

i watched this as a kid

[fayfay911234]

yhhyh

[greatsajby]

Not the brightest idea in the world to put the lyrics right smack on top of the images.

[mrsjoejonas4eva62793]

we used to sing this back when i was in kindergarten!!!! it brings back memories

[FuchsiasAttic1847]

This makes me a little teary eyed. I remember watching this when I was a kid :-)

[eracism09]

Me and my siblings used to watch this on vhs when we were kids....me and my brother could memorize this whole song, Lol:)

[catmaniac8x]

OH GOD NOSTALGIA...we have VHS of this at my house XD

[archar14]

I remember from first grade.... oh gosh... so much fun :)

[Kobei]

X XING XES! <3

[jcisbrazilanf]

this song totally reminds me of my childhood

[thr337]

and i was ok with the explanations for each letter until they got to Z... never have i ever of "zippity zound" or "zippity zounding"... this is complete BS... FAKE!

[thr337]

much better than the naked boy who falls into milk and is almost cannibalized by a bunch of fat bakers who are more than 4x his size...

[poisonedHIMbamfan]

Pushing people? Way to teach the kids well, Mrs. king....I listened to this spool much when I was little... And I'm almost 17 xD I still love it.

[thexman2k7]

I imitating indians...hahaha thats some racist shit

[DJx9800]

MAC N CHEESE!!! YAH!!

[altheia1000]

I haven't heard this in years!!!!!.....kids don't anything about this stuff anymore.....WOW!!!!....THAT WAS SO COOL 2 WATCH!!!!!!!...NEVER 2 OLD(SMILE)

[astridkitty1212]

I love Really Rosie. if anyone gives Carol King crap about being racist toward Indians for the "I" bit, fuck off! This was the 70s and she like many others didn't know any better. King was real cool back in the day and is still cool now. I saw her a few years ago on the Colbert Report defending bears. Like the Indians she also loves Mother Earth.

[gigimc]

Carole King = GENIUS

[AdKraemer]

I actually have a cassette tape of the entire Broadway show.

[PieceofMindmusic]

Pierre was so punk rock :D

[itsmybelle]

oh wow this brings back a lot of memories for me in second grade. our mascot was the gators and all of the second graders put on this performance along with a lot of other songs but every year still they put on the traditional "Alligators All Around" performance(:

[efil4own1]

SEE YOU LATER, ALLIGATOR! >:)

[PepinaBailarina]

Oh, gosh, I knew this whole thing backwards when I was a kid! Wow, it's crazy how it comes back to you. I haven't seen this in years, and I still remember bits and pieces.

[Sgrizzler]

anyone know the piano chords for this song?

[RockSteadyB]

ccoollll

[sfsTrader]

the macaroni was actually noodles

[prettyfaceswagger]

this brings back so much memories when i was 5 years old omg this song makes me cry i remember the dance and every thing

[briansmama1]

my son loves this stuff

[Geschichtsschreibung]

@briansmama1 so I do

[shroomix14]

I love Carole King. Though her voice has always sounded slightly melancholy to me.

Still makes me smile though :)

[tkbadgirl]

takes me back to second grade where we would act out all the actions. memories... :)

[prettyfaceswagger]

@tkbadgirl i was just saying the same thing this song surprises me because i forgott all about it untill i heard it on my cd that my teacher gave me im 13 now it been 6 years

[CraigFoye80]

I remembered "Alligators All Around", back when I was 8 years old.

[ProgressiveBoink]

Awww, I remember singing this in 3rd grade for the talent show. <3

[kimani03]

takes me back haha

[lupuslunari]

Gods... this song is so disturbingly, sickenly cute.... :D

[luiscardenasguy]

AWESOME!!! :)

[Gimme46]

My third grade teacher use to put that on! I was like 9 and now I'm about to be 20!!

[TheNinthDoctor]

So much awesome.

[susansultan1]

love this

[TheMightyThor83]

I got stuck listening to this at a parade for 15 minutes when the float that was playing this stopped for some reason. The only thing that kept me sane was picturing my 400 pound uncle in a pink tutu dancing like a jerk to it.

[lupuslunari]

@TheMightyThor83

O_o You were listening to this song for 15 minutes, and THAT thought kept you sane through it all?! :P

[TheMightyThor83]

@lupuslunari

Yup, it sure did. Hahahaha

[MoreAnuk96]

I remember that!!

[AudStine08]

WOW! This brings back memories!!! I loved all of her kid songs growing up!! I especially liked Pierre!! Sweet video!!

[Lunarchild17]

I remember this. It was fun.