# Lyrics help please. What in the blazes is the chorus to Crocodile Rock? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969 "2010-12-31T17:52:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/21 "2011-01-01T14:35:16Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Others have chimed in specifically so I will help generically. > > Typically, the easiest way to find lyrics is to search the term lyrics and whatever else you know for sure in quotes" Yeah but you don’t get a whole lot of pronunciation help. Plus you get _tons_ of different words, especially with someone as hard to understand as Elton John. Also, I like it here in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/22 "2011-01-01T16:19:31Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Is he talking about the song… _Rock Around the Clock_? Never been sure. Yes - this song imagines a dance song/craze that never existed but would’ve happened at the beginning of rock n’ roll when Bill Haley & the Comets’ song was a hit… …similar to Elton/Bernie’s song Bennie and the Jets, which imagine a glam-rock superstar that never existed but was meant to be another Ziggy Stardust type… ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/23 "2011-01-01T16:59:18Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Is he talking about the song… _Rock Around the Clock_? Never been sure. Surely it is an allusion to another Bill Hailey song, [See You Later, Alligator (In a while crocodile.)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtTXofs7Ghw). I thought the chorus went: Laaaa ladihdahdidah ladihdahdidah ladihdahdidah. Laaaa ladihdahdidah ladihdahdidah ladihdahdidah. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/24 "2011-01-01T18:44:19Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Surely it is an allusion to another Bill Hailey song, [See You Later, Alligator (In a while crocodile.)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtTXofs7Ghw). > > I thought the chorus went: > Laaaa ladihdahdidah ladihdahdidah ladihdahdidah. > Laaaa ladihdahdidah ladihdahdidah ladihdahdidah. > 😃 Small nitpick: it’s “Haley”, and the song lyrics are “See you later, alligator; after 'while, crocodile”. It was a popular parting shot in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/25 "2011-01-01T23:18:52Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Yes - this song imagines a dance song/craze that never existed… Actually, I think it imagines a non-craze which ‘Me’ and Suzie liked, but few other people did. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/26 "2011-01-01T23:27:48Z")
I’ve always sung it (phonetically) Crah-rocking is something shocking… And come on, people! It’s “See ya later, alligator! In a while, crocodile!” Fits the meter much better. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/27 "2011-01-02T00:01:09Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > I’ve always sung it (phonetically) Crah-rocking is something shocking… > > And come on, people! It’s “See ya later, alligator! In a while, crocodile!” Fits the meter much better. [Obligatory lyrics cite](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/bill_haley_and_the_comets/see_you_later_alligator.html). The meter is fine, as he sings “. . .after **'while** , crocodile”, which is also the way we always said it as kids, rather than “awhile”. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/28 "2011-01-02T07:12:12Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Is he talking about the song… _Rock Around the Clock_? Only in a negative way. While the _other_ kids were rocking 'round the clock, he and Suzie were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock. So apparently they liked the other Haley song better, which was enough to mark them out as rebels. Of course, no one before Elton & Bernie thought to define “See you Later, Alligator” as a _genre_. In that sense, the song is a tribute to a genre which never existed, which makes it kind of unique. Unless one cites “Crocodile Rock” itself as an example of Crocodile Rock, in which case the song is a salute to itself. I think I’m over-thinking this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969.md?page=1)