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13 Feb 20 - 05:49 PM (#4034097) Subject: Lyr Req: Don't Knock The Croc From: GUEST,Jeff Can anyone help with the lyrics to "Don't Knock The Croc" by Johnno's Blues Band, formerly of Cairns, Qld Australia. It's on YT and is a great swamp rock blues, but I can't understand key points of the lyrics. Jeff |
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13 Feb 20 - 06:01 PM (#4034101) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Knock The Croc From: GUEST,Starship What do you have written down so far?? |
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13 Feb 20 - 06:04 PM (#4034103) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Knock The Croc From: GUEST There's one or two words or lines every verse that throw me. |
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13 Feb 20 - 06:07 PM (#4034106) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Knock The Croc From: cnd Transcribed by ear from here Where the muddy river flows and you cook in the shade Mosquitos pick you up and fly you away Big strong men fight, hard to survive But to one old dinosaur it's a paradise He looks so pretty sipping sun on a rock Don't knock the croc Don't knock the croc He don't go to market for his weekly supply He can't grab a buggy or a shovel of fries He like a fat Barramundi or a blue-eyed cod A sleepy Goanna or some fool on a rod Food is food and it all hit the spot Don't knock the croc Don't knock the croc Old man crocodile posing and a-smiling He's so easy to please Pho-to-graph-ers splashing and a-flashing Snap, snap, click, click, crocodile, cheese He looks so pretty sipping sun on a rock Don't knock the croc Don't knock the croc Now if you must go messing in a wild mangrove Where warm muddy waters move brown and slow Just watch what you're doing if you see what I mean He's a genuine, real scary submarine If you make like a meal he'll be in like a shot Don't knock the croc (you won't have a leg to stand on) Don't knock the croc (yeah) Don't knock the croc (mm-hmm) Don't knock the croc (don't go looking for croc-skin shoes) Don't knock the croc (you don't trouble him) Don't knock the croc (he won't trouble you) Don't knock the croc (that old feller ain't ready to be leather) Don't knock the croc (where the muddy river flows) |
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13 Feb 20 - 06:09 PM (#4034108) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Knock The Croc From: GUEST,Starship Is this the cut you're transcribing from?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgLvx_oh37s |
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13 Feb 20 - 06:10 PM (#4034110) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Knock The Croc From: GUEST,Starship Sorry, cross-posted. |
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13 Feb 20 - 07:20 PM (#4034122) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Don't Knock The Croc From: GUEST,Jeff Thanks cnd, you've got a better ear than me but I live in the Deep South (of Australia). It's another language up there. |