Here's the Digital Tradition version of the song:

ALBERT THE ALLIGATOR (DT)

Did you ever slip down a water pipe
Right down to the bottom of the water system
There you'll find a little alligator
Who goes by the name of Albert, if you do, he's mine
I lost him

I lost him down the water pipe
Right down to the bottom of the water system
He was gettin' kind of big for his britches
But now I'm feeling kind of lonely and blue 'cause he's gone
I miss him

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And here's my transcription of the Monkees recording:

ALVIN
(Nicholas Thorkelson)

Did you ever step in a water pipe, pipe
Fall to the bottom of the water system;
And there did you meet a little alligator
Who answered to the name of Alvin, if you did, he's mine.
I lost him.

I threw my Alvin down the water pipe, pipe
Down to the bottom of the water system,
Because he was getting too big for his britches,
But now I'm getting lonely since he's gone.
I miss him.

Recorded by Thorkelson's brother Peter Tork for the 1968 album The Birds, the Bees, and the Monkees, but cut from the original pressing of the album. Released on later reissues of the album.

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Here's a YouTube video of the Monkees recording. Anybody have corrections to my transcription?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW5guN6J_Ps