The traditional Iroquois social song & couples dance, Alligator Dance was sung by lead singer-and water drum player Jordan Smith of the Bear Clan and performed by Iroquois Indians @The 170th Tuscarora Nation Annual Picnic in Tuscarora Nation Reservation, New York, USA
The Seminole people of Florida, who are familiar with alligators, might have given the dance to the Iroquois people. The dance involves couples circling the room to the beat of the singers. At a certain point between verses, the singers perform a refrain (Yo-ho, hee-eh) several times. This cues the couples to spin rapidly to represent the spinning and fighting of two alligators. Dry Indian humor has renamed it the Crocodile Rock