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Thread #103861   Message #4149595
Posted By: GUEST,Ghosts of my past
06-Aug-22 - 09:55 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Fried Ham, Fried Ham, Cheese and Baloney
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fried Ham, Fried Ham, Cheese and Baloney
One of the variations we sang as kids at 4-H camp at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in the 1970s:

[sing: First Verse:]
Fried spam, fried spam, cheese and boloney,
After the macaroni, we’ll have onions and pickles and pretzels,
Then we’ll have some more fried spam.
Fried spam, fried spam!

[speak]
Second verse, same as the First… English accent makes it worse!
[sing verse with English accent]

Third verse, same as the First, Robot accent makes it worse!
[sing verse with Robot accent]

Fourth verse, same as the First, Scottish accent makes it worse!
[sing verse with Scottish accent]

Fifth verse, same as the First, Frenchman’s accent makes it worse!
[sing verse with French accent]

Sixth verse, same as the First, Australian accent makes it worse!
[sing verse with Australian accent]

Seventh verse, same as the First, Texas accent makes it worse!
[sing verse with Texas accent]

Eighth verse, same as the First, Popeye’s accent makes it worse!
[sing verse with Popeye The Sailor’s cartoon accent]

Ninth verse, same as the First, Opera accent makes it worse!
[sing verse with opera voice accent]

Tenth verse, same as the First, Baby accent makes it worse!
[sing verse with baby voice accent]

Etcetera, etcetera… These were vocal accents the local kids of that era could easily recognize and attempt to mimic. Some may not be “politically correct” these days… please substitute appropriate vocal accents for your group.

NOTE: It is best to write a list of “silly accents” before you start the song. The leader then shouts out the next accent and campers (or group?) sing the verse in that voice. It can be quite hilarious, and if you make it past the 3rd or 4th verse without laughing your head off, you aren’t choosing silly enough accents.

Also, if too many people are laughing instead of singing, you have to start all over again!

Disclaimer: The company that makes Spam, may not appreciate the use of their name in this quirky camp song… I left the “S” as a lower case letter to, perhaps, mitigate their annoyance. So! Feel free to go with the original “Fried Ham” instead.