(James Billie)

Big alligator he's mysterious
Big alligator he's amphibious
Big alligator he's dangerous
but with big alligator you can be prosperous

I was raised in the swamp by my old grandpa
We ate turtle meat a fish called gar
Grandpa told me bout panthers and bears
but most of all he told me to beware bout

Halapata Chobee Nocateega
Halapata Chobee Okkeenewa
Halapata Chobee eenogaggwa
Halapata Chobee maggwa

As days of the summers grew longer and hot
Grandpa took me on my first gator hunt
We pushed through sawgrass and willow sloughs
with a big yella dog in our dugout canoe
the dog started sniffin something in the air
grandpa said must be gator over there
better grab your knife and some rope
and remember what I told you when you was a boy
Halapata Chobee Nocateega
Halapata Chobee Okkeenewa

Halapata Chobee eenogaggwa
Halapata Chobee maggwa
By the age of twelve I was sure of myself
I could catch alligators by myself

but my dog didn't know what my grandpa said
he jumped in the water by the gators head
Halapata Chobee didn't even pause
my dog disappeared in the gators jaws
I can still hear my grandpa sayin
Halapata Chobee Nocateega
Halapata Chobee Okkeenewa

Halapata Chobee eenogaggwa
Halapata Chobee maggwa
Halapata Chobee Nocateega
Halapata Chobee Okkeenewa
Halapata Chobee eenogaggwa
Halapata Chobee maggwa
Many years later I remember that day
how the big alligator swallowed my dog

scars and pain haunts my life
but I've learned to live in learned to survive
Halapata Chobee Nocateega
Halapata Chobee Okkeenewa

Halapata Chobee eenogaggwa
Halapata Chobee maggwa
Halapata Chobee Nocateega
Halapata Chobee Okkeenewa
Halapata Chobee eenogaggwa
Halapata Chobee maggwa
Halapata Chobee
Halapata Chobee
Halapata Chobee
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