song "Alligator wine" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)

Aus Ugugu

ASCAP title code: 310031686
Songwriters: Jerry Leiber (CAE/IPI #017.71.37.91), Mike Stoller (CAE/IPI #029.69.28.46)
Publishers: Jerry Leiber Music, Mike Stoller Music

Adam Lane made an animation film entitled Alligator wine in 1993. In the late 1990s there was also a band called Alligator Wine. The Grateful Dead song "Mister Charlie" refers to "alligator wine", too.

[bearbeiten] Versions

1958 Screamin' Jay Hawkins 03:03 "Alligator wine" Studio recording
1958 Screamin' Jay Hawkins	LP I put a spell on you
1982 Screamin' Jay Hawkins	LP Frenzy
2006.07 Screamin' Jay Hawkins	CD At home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins (The Epic, Okeh and RCA recordings)
1964 Hector "Alligator"
1964 Hector	EP Alligator	FR: Ducretet Thomson / Pathé Marconi 460 V 662	French version entitled "Alligator"
1996 various artists	CD Le temps des 60's	Disky SP 876732
ca. 1969 In-Sex
ca. 1969 In-Sex	7" single Alligator wine / Action in the streets	Hammer 3002
1996 various artists	CD Sixties rebellion vol. 15 (Psychedelia no. 2: The apple-glass syndrome)	Way Back MMCD67002
1983 Screamin' Jay Hawkins 03:31 "Alligator wine" Live recording Production: Larry Martin Recording: April - May 1983 Paris, Annagramme Studio
1983 Screamin' Jay Hawkins	LP Real life	FR: Zeta
1988 Patti Palladino and Johnny Thunders
1988 Patti Palladin and Johnny Thunders	CD Copy cats	Jungle FREUD20
19?? various artists	3CD Flesheaters (The return of the undead)
1989 Mad Daddys
1989 Mad Daddys	7" single Alligator wine / Take me back to Woodstock	Sub Pop SP 35
1995 Louis Tillet and Charlie Owen
1995 Louis Tillet and Charlie Owen	CD Midnight rain	Normal / Return to Sender RTS18
1998 Omar and the Howlers
1998.09 Omar and the Howlers	CD Swing land	1998.09.14 NL: Provogue 1999 DE: Black Top BT-1152
2004 Jeff Buckley
2004.08 Jeff Buckley	DVD Grace (Legacy edition)	Columbia C3K 92881 / Sony	bonus DVD

[bearbeiten] Lyrics

[bearbeiten] Original lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

as communicated by Peter Stoller, vice-president of Leiber/Stoller Productions

Drain the blood from an alligator
Pluck the left eye out of a fish
Peel the skin off of a frog
And mix it all up in a dish
Add a cup of green swamp water
Then count from one to nine
Spit over your left shoulder
You got alligator wine

Alligator wine
You old porcupine
Is gonna make you mine

It'll make your head boil baby
It'll make your big toe freeze
It'll turn your blood right into steam
It'll make you cough and sneeze
You gonna scream like a big bald eagle
You gonna roar like a mountain lion
When you get finished drinkin'
My alligator wine

Alligator wine
You old porcupine
Is gonna make you mine

Meet me at the stroke of midnight
By the swamp down in the wood
I'm gonna make you love me baby
Like you never thought you could
When you drink my magic potion
Your bloodshot eyes will shine
And you'll be a slave forever
To my alligator wine

Alligator wine
You old porcupine
Is gonna make you mine

[bearbeiten] 1958 Screamin' Jay Hawkins 03:03 "Alligator wine" Studio recording

AAH! AAAH!!
HA HA HA!

Take the blood out of an alligator, yeah
Take the left eye of a fish, yeah
Take the skin off of a frog, yeah
Yeah, and mix it up in a dish
Add a cup of grease swamp water
And then countin' one to nine
Spit over your left shoulder
And you got alligator wine
Alligator wine - YEHE HUH UH
Your porcupine
Is gonna make you mine, oh yeah
Yeah, is gonna make you mine
It'll make your head bald, babe
I say it make your toes freeze
It'll turn your blood into steam - ASHHH!
It'll make you cough and sneeze
You gotta scream UHH like an eagle
You gonna roar like a mountain lion
When you get finished drinking
Good old, yeah, alligator wine
Alligator wine
Your porcupine
Is gonna make you mine
AH HUH HUH
Meet at the stroke of midnight
By the swamp down in the wood
I'm gonna make you love me babe
Like you never thought you could
You gonna break my magic potion
And your bloodshot eye is gonna shine
You gonna be scared forever
Too much alligator wine
Alligator wine
WHOAA - alligator wine
Yeah yeh, is gonna make you mine
HUH HUH AAH
Alligator, alligator wine
HUH AAH

[bearbeiten] 1983 Screamin' Jay Hawkins 03:31 "Alligator wine" Live recording

Take the blood out of an alligator

Take the left eyeball out of a fish, UH

Take the skin off from a frog, UUH

And mix it up in a dish

Grab a bowl with green swamp funky water

Then count from one to nine

Spit over your left shoulder

And you got alligator wine

Alligator wine

Your porcupine - WHOA

Is gonna make you, yeah

I said, gonna make you, yeah

I say, gonna make you mine

It'll make your head bald, baby

It'll make your toes freeze

It'll turn your blood into steam

It'll make you cough and sneeze

You gotta scream OOH like an eagle

You gonna roar like a mountain lion

When you get finished drinking

Good old alligator wine

Alligator wine UH WHOO

Your porcupine

Is gonna make you

I say, is gonna make you mine

Meet at the stroke of midnight

By the swamp down in the wood

I'm gonna make you love me babe

Like you never thought you could

You gonna break my magic potion

And your bloodshot eyes will shine

You'll be a slave forever

Too much alligator wine

Alligator wine OOOOH HOO
I say gonna make you mine

Little alligator
Tall alligator
Brown alligators
Square alligators
Fat alligators
Cross-eyed alligators
Funky alligators
Crocodiles, too
Hippopotamus knee-caps
Dwarf nose
Baboon lips
Around your [...] ears
Alligator wine