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Thread #9665   Message #2003911
Posted By: Jim Dixon
22-Mar-07 - 07:30 AM
Thread Name: food songs
Subject: RE: food songs
OK, sometimes I get obsessed. These are all the food songs I can find at Mudcat. The name following each title is usually a performer, not necessarily the songwriter. I have deliberately omitted many songs that merely mention food, where food is not the main theme of the song.

30,000 POUNDS OF BANANAS, Harry Chapin
ALL THAT MEAT AND NO POTATOES, Fats Waller
ANIMAL CRACKERS IN MY SOUP, Shirley Temple
APPLES IN WINTER, Debby McClatchy
AT THE CODFISH BALL, Mitchell, Pollack
BACON AND CABBAGE (I'm a savage for ...), Brenda Shine
BACON AND GREENS, Sam Cowell
BAKE THAT CHICKEN PIE, Uncle Dave Macon
BANANA SONG (Mama, will you buy me a banana), Trad. Irish?
BARBECUE, Paul Williams
BARNYARD DANCE, Martin, Bogan & Armstrong
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU EAT, Animaniacs
BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN, Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock
BISCUIT BLUES, Roy Book Binder
BLACK BEAN SOUP, David Soul
BLACK STRAP MOLASSES, Groucho Marx, Danny Kaye, Jimmy Durante
BOIL DEM CABBAGE DOWN, Fiddlin' John Carson, et al.
B-O-R-S-C-H-T, Peter Ostroushko
BOWL OF RED, Tom Russell
BOX OF CANDY AND A PIECE OF FRUIT, Bob Gibson and Tom Paxton
BREAD AND GRAVY, Hoagy Carmichael
BREAD AND MARMALADE, Music hall song
BREAD, Billy Jonas
BREAKFAST BLUES, Ronnie Levine
BREAKFAST IN MY BED ON SUNDAY MORNING, Harry Lauder
BUTTER AND CHEESE AND ALL / THE GREASY COOK, Sam Larner
BUTTERBEANS (Just A Bowl of Butterbeans), Little Jimmy Dickens
CANNED GOODS, Greg Brown
CHICK, CHICK, CHICK, CHICK, CHICKEN (LAY A LITTLE EGG FOR ME), Earl Oliver's Jazz Babies
CHICKEN A LA BLUES, Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan
CHICKEN AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A BIRD, Cab Calloway
CHICKEN CORDON BLEUS, Steve Goodman
CHICKEN IN THE FRIDGE, Jeff Deitchman
CHICKEN IS NICE, Dave Van Ronk
CHICKEN LIPS AND LIZARD HIPS, Bruce Springsteen
CHICKEN ON A RAFT, Cyril Tawney
CHICKEN SONG, Jay Unger
CHITLIN COOKIN' TIME IN CHEATHAM COUNTY, Fiddlin' Arthur Smith
CHOC'LATE ICE CREAM CONE, Rose Maddox
CHOCOLATE SONG, Moira Austen
CHOCOLATE SONG, Zeke Hoskin
CHOCOLATE, Chenille Sisters
COLD PIZZA FOR BREAKFAST, Christine Lavin
COOK ON A BARK
COOKING BREAKFAST FOR THE ONE I LOVE, Fanny Brice
CORNBREAD AND BUTTERBEANS, Carolina Sunshine Trio
CORNBREAD AND BUTTERMILK, Little Jimmy Dickens
CORNBREAD, 'LASSES AND SASSAFRAS TEA, Pee Wee King
CORNBREAD, MEAT AND MOLASSES, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
COULTER'S CANDY, Trad. Scots
COUNTRY HAM AND RED GRAVY, Uncle Dave Macon
CUP CAKES, Charley Drew
CUSTARD CREAMS, Les Barker
DIGGIN' MY POTATOES, Lead Belly
DINNER FOR ONE PLEASE JAMES, Coleman Hawkins
DON'T SLAY THAT POTATO, Tom Paxton
DON'T TOUCH ME TOMATO, George Symonette
EAT BERTHA'S MUSSELS, John Roberts and Tony Barrand
EAT ORGANIC, Emerald City Jug Band
FOOD PUN SONG, Chuck Brodsky
FORBIDDEN FRUIT, Oscar Brown, Jr.
FRIM FRAM SAUCE, Nat King Cole
GARDEN WHERE THE PRATIES GROW, John McCormack
GARLIC SONG, Ruthie Gorton
GET A LOAD OF THIS, R Crumb
GOOBER PEAS, Burl Ives
GOOD BUNCH OF BISCUITS, Jim & Jesse McReynolds
GRAVY AND BREAD, Grant Rogers
GREAT MEAT PIE
HENRY'S FISH AND CHIPS
HERRIN' AND POTATOES
HEY GOOD LOOKIN' (WHATCHA GOT COOKIN'), Hank Williams
HOKEY POKEY THE ICE CREAM SONG, Richard & Linda Thompson
HOMEGROWN TOMATOES, Guy Clark
HOW CAN I KEEP FROM EATING, Russell Aminzade & Sandy Pilskin
HOW MANY BISCUITS CAN YOU EAT, Stringbean
I ALWAYS COOK WITH HONEY, Valerie Carter
I ATE THE BOLONEY, Harry Lee
I EAT DINNER, Kate and Anna McGarrigle
I LIKE BANANAS (BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO BONES), Hoosier Hot Shots
I LIKE MOLASSES, Hank Penny
I NEED A LITTLE SUGAR IN MY BOWL, Bessie Smith
I WANNA HOT DOG FOR MY ROLL, Butterbeans and Susie
IN SWEET ONION TIME (I'LL BREATHE MY LOVE TO YOU), Duncan Sisters
JAMBALAYA, Hank Williams
JELLIED EELS, Lionel Bart
JENNY GET YOUR HOE-CAKES DONE
JUNK FOOD JUNKIE, Larry Groce
KITCHEN MAN, Bessie Smith
LEFTOVER BISCUITS, Roger Handy
LIME JELL-O MARSHMALLOW COTTAGE CHEESE SURPRISE, William Bolcom, Jan Morris
LITTLE BIT OF CUCUMBER, Harry Champion
LONE FISH BALL
MALTED MILK, Robert Johnson
MAMA DON'T WANT NO PEAS 'N' RICE 'N' COCONUT OIL, Count Basie
MAN WHO EATS MEAT EVERY DAY, Parody by Dónal Thompson
MEAT CUTTIN' BLUES, Hunter and Jenkins
MEATLESS DAY, Ernie Mayne
MISS FOGARTY'S CHRISTMAS CAKE, C. Frank Horn
MRS. REILLY'S PEACHES, Eugene Field
MY DAD'S DINNER PAIL, Harrigan & Braham
NAVY GETS THE GRAVY BUT THE ARMY GETS THE BEANS, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
NEW RESTAURANT, Malvina Reynolds
NORFOLK STIFF-RUMP or APPLE-DUMPLING EATER
OH THAT GORGONZOLA CHEESE, Harry Champion
ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI, Tom Glazer
ONE MEAT BALL, Ry Cooder
ONE MEATBALL, Josh White
ORANGE COCOA CAKE, Lou and Peter Berryman
OREO COOKIE BLUES, Lonnie Mack
PANCAKE RECIPE, John Kellermann
PASS THE BISCUITS, MIRANDY, Spike Jones
PEANUT-BUTTER SANDWICH, Shel Silverstein
PEPPERS AND TOMATOES, Ralph McTell
PLEASE PASS THE BISCUITS, Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
POLK SALAD ANNIE, Tony Joe White
POTCHEEN AND POTATOES, Julie Berrill
PRATIES THEY GROW SMALL
SEAFOOD SHOP CHANTYMAN'S SONG, Greg Trafidlo & Neal Phillips
SHOO FLY PIE & APPLE PAN DOWDY, Dinah Shore
SHORT'NIN' BREAD
SIDEMEAT AND CABBAGE, Little Jimmie Dickens
SOME HAE MEAT, Robert Burns
SOUP KITCHEN
SOUP, John McCutcheon, Si Kahn
SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN, Jimmy Work
SWEET POTATOES
TATTIES AND HERRIN', Isla St. Clair
TRINITY CAKE, Trad. Newfoundland
TURNIP GREENS
TV DINNERS, ZZ Top
VICTORIA DINES ALONE, Tom Paxton
WE'LL EAT AGAIN, Watt Nichol
WHOEVER INVENTED FISH FINGERS, Leon Rosselson
WHO'S GONNA STEAL THE PEANUT BUTTER, Jimmy Buffett
WITH MY LITTLE STICK OF BLACKPOOL ROCK, George Formby
YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS, Silver, Cohn
YOU CAN'T GET MANY PIMPLES ON A POUND OF PICKLED PORK, Fred Terry
YOUR BISCUITS ARE BIG ENOUGH FOR ME, Bo Carter