Lyr Req: songs about hot dogs

Subject: Lyr Add: AT A LITTLE HOT DOG STAND
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Nov 24 - 11:09 AM

This song could be a textbook example of bathos. You can hear it at the Internet Archive.


AT A LITTLE HOT DOG STAND
Words by Larry Spier, music by Sam Coslow, ©1939.
As recorded by Barry Wood and His Orchestra on Regal Zonophone G23950, 1939.)

Something in the air was continental.
There were moonbeams caressing the sand.
I was feeling young and sentimental
At a little hot-dog stand.
Gallantly I handed her the mustard.
Then she curtseyed and I kissed her hand.
Inwardly my heart was getting flustered
At a little hot-dog stand.
The bubbles in our soda pop just hit us like champagne.
I guess that we had five or six.
But somewhere in the distance came a Viennese refrain,
Or was my fancy playing tricks?
There and then a spark of love ignited.
It was real and the feeling was grand.
To our wedding breakfast you’re invited
At a little hot-dog stand.

There and then a spark of love ignited.
It was real and the feeling was grand.
To our wedding breakfast you’re invited
At a little hot-dog stand.

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Second Hand Songs says this song was also recorded by
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye, with vocal refrain by Charlie Wilson, 1939.
George Hall and His Orchestra, with vocal chorus by Dolly Dawn, 1939.
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra, with vocal duet by Bob Crosby and Marion Mann, 1939.
Roy Smeck and His Serenaders, with vocal chorus by Donald King, 1939.
Dick Todd with Orchestra and "The Three Reasons", 1939.

Subject: Lyr Add: HOT DOG (Leon Eason)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 13 Nov 24 - 03:59 PM

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.

Subject: Lyr Add: HOT DOG RAG (Osborne-Prince-Rogers)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 14 Nov 24 - 12:07 PM

My transcription has one gap where I found the words unintelligible. From the Internet Archive.


HOT DOG RAG
(Osborne-Prince-Rogers)
As recorded by Ruby Wright on King 15210, 1952.

There is a gent that plays pianna
In a juke in old Savannah,
Mister Hot Dog Jones,
And when he starts a-plink-a-plunkin’,
All the folks a-honky-tonkin’
Want to shake their bones.
It’s such a tantalizin’ hypnotizin’
Pulverizin’ harmonizin’
Rag-time kind o’ jag,
When he plays that hot dog rag.

And when you’re under his spell,
The only thing you can do is yell:
“Hot dog!”
He plays a jiggly beat
That puts the wiggly in your feet.
Hot dog!
So bring your sweetie along
And you can never go wrong,
Because you’ll have her in the bag
When she hears that hot dog rag.

So if you’re ever in Savannah,
Come and hear him play pianna,
Mister Hot Dog Jones.
Brother, I ain’t tryin’ to ——(?).
Just remember what I said
When you hear his tones.
It’s such a fascinatin’ jubilatin’
Aggravatin’ sycopatin’
Ragtime kind o’ jag
When you hear that hot dog rag.

When he plays that ever-lovin’ hot dog rag.

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Various discographies say this song was also recorded by
Richard Hayes, on Mercury 70110, 1953.
Red Foley with Owen Bradley and His Ragland Band, on Decca 9-28759, 1953.
The Claviolines, on Decca F.10076,