who used to sing 'Some Little Bug's.....

Subject: RE: who used to sing 'Some Little Bug's.....
From: Joe Offer
Date: 05 Aug 25 - 04:57 PM

I always liked Uncle Dave Oesterreich. He was such a nice person, and he knew so many songs. He disappeared for a couple years, so I tried to track him down. No luck. I wish him the best.

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req:Some Little Bug Is Gonna Get You(answered)
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 05 Aug 25 - 04:14 PM

I knew there was a thread about this song!

Subject: RE: who used to sing 'Some Little Bug's.....
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 05 Aug 25 - 04:13 PM

THis sounds familiar. But a search on "bug" yields nothing.
Perhaps the words have altered slightly.
I'm sure I saw a thread about this lyric.

Subject: RE: who used to sing 'Some Little Bug's.....
From: open mike
Date: 04 Aug 25 - 12:28 AM

I looked for a members' info page.... but did not find it...
i think the perosn i am thinking of was Dave osterich?                   maybe he went by Uncle Dave?   is he still here/ ?                   or is there a way to search for songs he posted here or songs he sang?

Subject: who used to sing 'Some Little Bug's.....
From: open mike
Date: 03 Aug 25 - 11:50 PM

I remember hearing a mudcat member singing this... named Osteriech?? SOME LITTLE BUG
(Benjamin Hapgood Burt and Roy Atwell)
In these days of indigestion it is oftentimes a question
As to what to eat and what to leave alone.
Every microbe and bacillus has a different way to kill us
And in time they all will claim us for their own.
There are germs of every kind in every food that you can find
In the market or upon the bill of fare.
Drinking water's just as risky as the so-called "deadly" whiskey
And it's often a mistake to breathe the air.
Cho: For some little bug is going to get you someday.
Some little bug will creep behind you some day.
Then he'll send for his bug friends
And all your troubles they will end,
For some little bug is gonna find you someday.
The inviting green cucumber, it's most everybody's number
While sweetcorn has a system of its own.
Now, that radish seems nutritious, but its behavior is quite vicious
And a doctor will be coming to your home.
Eating lobster, cooked or plain, is only flirting with ptomaine,
While an oyster often has a lot to say.
And those clams we eat in chowder make the angels sing the louder
For they know that they'll be with us right away.
For some little bug is going to get you someday.
Some little bug will creep behind you some day.
Eat that juicy sliced pineapple ;and the sexton dusts the chapel
Oh, yes, some little bug is gonna find you some day.
When cold storage vaults I visit, I can only say, "What is it
Makes poor mortals fill their systems with such stuff?"
Now, at breakfast prunes are dandy if a stomach pump is handy
And a doctor can be called quite soon enough.
Eat a plate of fine pig's knuckles and the headstone cutter chuckles
While the gravedigger makes a mark upon his cuff.
And eat that lovely red bologna and you'll wear a wood kimona
As your relatives start packing up your stuff.
Those crazy foods they fix, they'll float us 'cross the River Styx
Or start us climbing up the Milky Way.
And those meals they serve in courses mean a hearse and two black horses
So before meals, some people always pray.
Luscious grapes breed appendicitis, while their juice leads to gastritis
So there's only death to greet us either way.
Fried liver's nice, but mind you, friends will follow close behind you
And the papers, they will have nice things to say.
For some little bug is going to get you someday.
Some little bug will creep behind you some day.
Eat that spicy bowl of chili, on your breast they'll plant a lily .
Oh, yes, some little bug is gonna find you some day.
Note: Surprisingly enough, this dates back to the 1890s.                Brad Kincaid recorded
it in the 30's, Phil Harris recorded it in the 1940s.