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Thread #63105   Message #4211590
Posted By: Jim Dixon
13-Nov-24 - 03:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: songs about hot dogs
Subject: Lyr Add: HOT DOG (Leon Eason)
You can hear this at the Internet Archive:


HOT DOG
(McAllister-Eason)
As recorded by Leon Eason with Red Lincoln’s Madcaps, on Whirlaway 75-3, 1948.

(Hot dog!) Ain’t they very good?
(Hot dog!) Get twelve if I could.
(Hot dog!) They taste like chicken stew,
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
(Hot dog!) Put one in the pot.
(Hot dog!) Kill it when it good and hot.
(Hot dog!) They taste like chicken stew,
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
I want soda,
Nice an’ col’-a.
I don’t want vanilla, lemon, or lime—
Anything I can get for a dime.
(Hot dog!) Fit for king and queen.
(Hot dog!) Yes, they are supreme.
(Hot dog!) They taste like chicken stew,
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.

Gi’ me one.
Gi’ me two.
Gi’ me one, two, three, four.
Last hot dog!

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There is another recording by the Ray-O-Vacs, with vocal by Harry Lester, on IRegent 1039-B, from 1951, at the Internet Archive. The words vary a bit from the one above, but they are hard to understand.

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The following version is clearer, also at the Internet Archive:


HOT DOG
As recorded by Taps Miller on Ronnex 1024, 1953.

Hot dogs! Ain’t they very good?
Hot dogs! Yes, they very good.
Hot dog! It’s always understood
I want the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
Hot dog! Ain’t they very good?
Hot dog! Yes, they very good.
Hot dog! It’s always understood
I want the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
I want a soda,
Oh, nice an’ col’-a.
I don’t want strawberry, lemon, or lime.
Somethin’ else is on my min’.
Hot dogs! They good for kings and queens.
Hot dogs ain’t beyond your means.
Hot dogs really are supreme
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.

(Hot dog!) Take one from the pot
(Hot dog!) They are killer when they’re good and hot.
(Hot dog!) Give me all you got
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
(Hot dog!) You better give me three
(Hot dog!) No, that’s not enough for me.
(Hot dog!) Oh, they taste like chicken stew,
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.
I want a soda,
Oh, nice an’ col’-a.
I don’t want strawberry, lemon, or lime.
Somethin’ else is on my min’
Hot dogs, they good for kings and queens.
Hot dogs ain’t beyond your means.
Hot dogs really are supreme
With the mustard and the relish and the pickles too.