The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #73372   Message #3359787
Posted By: Genie
05-Jun-12 - 08:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Java Jive (and other coffee & tea songs)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Java Jive
I just realized I've been singing a mondegreen of part of the lyrics to Java Jive for years.   I think Rise Up Singing was the source of the mondegreen. Anyway, here's the line as I learned it:

Boston beans, soy beans,
I mean the itty bitty kidney beans.
You know that I'm not keen about a bean
Unless it's a chilly chili* bean.   


* Not sure what the spelling was, but it seemed to be referring to chili beans, and I could never figure out why beans other than coffee beans were lauded in the song.

Now I find out that the actual line is "... a cheery, cheery bean," and that makes a whole lot more sense.