Also not quite right, but there's the entertaining song off the Putnam County Pickers' 1978 album, It's About Time (Rose Records Rose-14-U)
Vegetable Garden Blues (Ron Sowell - New Orchard Music Co. - ASCAP)
You can caress a carrot, grab a green bean Leaf through the lettuce, do anything you please You can ravish a radish, bite on a beat Manhandle a melon if you really think you're neat Munch on a mushroom if you're really feelin' bad But don't touch my tomato, 'cause that really makes me mad
I love my tomato, ripe round and red Offer me anything, I'll take my tomato instead
I don't care for spinach -- I just can't stand the taste To eat a rutabaga seems like such a waste Don't care for potatoes, never did like eating roots That goes for apples, peaches, strawberries, cherries, and all of those silly fruits. Don't care to pick a berry, don't care to peel a grape Just let me eat a tomato, I won't even... hesitate
I love my tomato, even while it's still on the vine Offer me anything, I'll take my tomato every time
You may be a cucumber and really think you're cool A real top banana, talkin' 'bout nobody's fool You may be a jalapeƱo pepper and think you're red hot The head cabbage, a real big shot Hey king corn, keep your ears peeled and to the ground And don't go messin' with my tomato when I'm not around
'Cause I love my tomato, boiled, stewed or fried Offer me anything, I'll take my tomato every time