This song has to do with the cucurbit (squash) family’s habit of cross pollinating and giving you surprise fruit /vegetables when you grow them together in the garden. The tune is a variant of Blackbird. He does this a capella except for a drum.
Blessings,
Barbara THE CUCURBIT SONG
Jay Hogan

My song is of pumpkins, they grow on the vine
The pumpkins and squashes are all friends of mine
And they have some cousins familiar to you:
Cucumbers and melons are cucurbits too.

The squashes are many, they come in all kinds
Though I prefer winter squash with their hard rinds
Like Hubbard and Acorn and Butternut so sweet
They are known for the goodness of their tender meat.

Hey, hey diddle ow dee, hey dley eye har
Hay dley eye hoe way, Diddle eyeee yar
Hey -eyee hoe way, high ee yar
Wi yoh way, oh hey, Ah hoe way yar

The Indians grew squashes along with corn and beans
And they found that squashes could be ... in-between
Cause they knew as I do, if you know what I mean,
That people and squashes can be in-between.
Yes, people, like squashes can be in-between.

Now pumpkins are squashes, but cantaloupes are not
Though till the fruit's open, you don't know what you've got
Cause melons and squashes, well, some will breed true,
And some will cross over, and there's nothing you can do.
Yes, some will cross over, so what's it to you?

So the seed industry has taken alarm
Cause they don't want in-betweens grown on their farm
So they cover the females before it's too late
While the male flowers they quickly emasculate
If you plant a garden, then you probably know
How you love your little ones as you watch 'em grow
But some might surprise you, and lately I hear
(that)One squash in ten is apt to be queer.
Yeah, one squash in ten, they say , is apt to be queer.

spoken: Why, I saw one last week, I couldn't tell what it was. I mean, some of my best friends are, but it's my little ones I'm concerned about Cause, if it's natural, does that mean it's hereditary? Well, there's never been a case of it in my family...
'cept my Uncle Bob...
Some people like squashes, though some prefer gourds,
1/2 time: Some folks love melons reg time and some folks ain't sure
And some lie about it and some live alone
And some they love pumpkins in the privacy of their home.
Well, I eat zucchini and muskmelon too,
Straight neck and crookneck and sweet honeydew
Can you tolerate that? Cause some they cannot
And some they will bash them and leave them to rot.

(up one step)
Hey yah hey ah yah hey, hey ah yey ho
Hey ah hey-ey , Hey ey ho
Yey ahha hey yey, hey -ey ho
Yoh hey, oh hey , ah homo ay yo
(back down)

If you have some little ones, I'm sure you will find
That some ripen early while some take their time
And some will surprise you, oh it's wondrous to see
For there's all kinds of folks here in our family.
Yes there's all kinds of folks here in our family.